Vaping caused near-total lung damage in 21-year-old from Vladivostok

Vaping caused near-total lung damage in a 21-year-old man from Vladivostok, according to the Primorsky Region Ministry of Health. The young man was hospitalized with fever and respiratory failure. Doctors diagnosed him with vaping-associated lung injury. He now faces months of systemic steroid therapy. It remains unknown whether his lung tissue will fully recover. Local doctors emphasized that replacing regular cigarettes with vapes is a serious misconception, as many believe they can protect themselves this way.