The 21-year-old warns that he vomited blood and fell into a coma as a result of continuous vaping

It was a touch-and-go experience for the 21-year-old British man, who spent two weeks in a coma after his lungs collapsed and he began vomiting blood after continuously vaping at work. After a harrowing experience with only one functioning lung and doctors warning that continued vaping means he won’t live to be 40, a young father warns: “Vaping is not worth your life.”

James Johnson, a bouncer from Blackpool, England, had a habit of constantly puffing on his vape pen while working at a nightclub. This routine took a dangerous turn last May when he suddenly began vomiting blood and was rushed to intensive care. Johnson, who was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia caused by chemicals from vaping devices entering his lungs, fell into a coma and spent three months in the hospital.

“They kept telling my partner everything was ready. It was very mentally taxing in the hospital, but I didn’t know I was there for the first few weeks. I couldn’t walk for the first few weeks and it was even worse because I couldn’t sleep and I couldn’t talk, walk or eat.” – Johnson he remembered.

Due to his young age, Johnson was lucky to survive pneumonia, but it took him months to recover and reach his current condition. “A lot of people can live with one lung, but it’s about how I make different life choices. You don’t realize the dangers until something big happens. I’m lucky to be back and independent,” Johnson said.

Despite his recovery, doctors warned him against smoking, vaping or anything that could further harm his lungs.

“If I go back to vaping or smoking or don’t take care of my body, I won’t live to see my 40s. “Honestly, I’m glad I found out about it now because it could have happened 10 or 20 years from now and my body wouldn’t have been able to handle it,” Johnson said.

Johnson now works as a youth worker, raising awareness about the dangers of vaping among people who do not realize the scale of the complications: “Owning a vape is not worth your life. Read about what you are smoking before you smoke it. No Don’t think that it won’t happen because of your age. I was only 20 years old and I almost lost my life,” he warns.