When Richard arrived at the hospital, physicians hooked him up to the ventilator. Nurses questioned him about his lifestyle habits. Richard told the nurses that he had given up smoking cigarettes and switched to vaping. He is one of the millions of people who have tried to quit smoking cigarettes by switching to vaping.
Doctors discovered that the vaping had burned holes in Richard's lungs. He was leaking nicotine liquid into his lungs every time that he vaped. Richard is now willing to give up