Once upon a time, there was an epidemic. This epidemic was called vaping.

Vaping became a passing time for teenagers. The different flavors tasted good, and the buzz from nicotine felt even better!

What the teens didn't know... was that vaping had very negative side effects. These effects were short and long term.

Vaping could lead to Lung Cancer!

The chemicals such as formaldehyde and little metal particles that were inside these vapes are a big part of how lung cancer develops.

Lung cancer can start anywhere in the lungs, and although it usually develops after the age of 65, teenagers are starting to get infected as of now thanks to vaping!

Lung cancer can be scary. It causes pain in the lungs and ribs and the pain can be dull or sharp.

The disease can also give you a hoarse cough. This cough can be dry, produce phlegm, or even blood!

The treatment that these teens needed after they started vaping was no fun. The teens had to stop their nicotine addiction and those who had already developed lung cancer had to go through chemotherapy.

The worst part was that those who were too scared to stop their addiction, tell their parents, and get treated, were dying!

When lung cancer goes untreated, it can make it hard to breathe. The cancer will spread, and it often leads to death.

When all the teens started developing lung cancer, their lives became miserable. They didn't have enough money for hospital bills, which caused greater stress.

They spent all their time in hospitals and lost their friends, their families were disappointed in them for vaping, and they were in a lot of pain all the time.

These teens became severely depressed and some didn't even want to get better anymore.