Instead of hiding, he chose to turn his near-death into a public reckoning. He trained for a charity boxing match, forcing his damaged lungs to work within their new limits, and began speaking openly about what he\u2019d ignored: the warnings, the labels, the people who begged him to stop.<\/p>\n
His message is blunt and urgent\u2014no age, no fitness level, no illusion of control makes vaping safe. His scarred lungs are now his proof, and his second chance is a warning others may never get.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Johnson thought he was just vaping to keep up with brutal 17-hour shifts. Then, one night, he started vomiting blood. Hours later, he was in intensive… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n