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Jan 2023
Doctor warns Ripon students about dangers of vaping
A senior hospital consultant has warned Ripon Grammar School students about the dangers of vaping.
More children are taking up vaping in the UK, with products easily available over the counter in supermarkets.
Dr Elizabeth Garthwaite, who is chair of governors and a parent at the school as well as a kidney specialist and clinical director for medical specialities with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, told hundreds of teenagers she was among many medical professionals increasingly concerned about the impact of vaping on health.
Dr Garthwaite said:
Although originally designed as a form of nicotine replacement to help smokers break their addiction to cigarettes, vaping is far from harmless, warned Dr Garthwaite, who said:
Dr Elizabeth Garthwaite
Dr Garthwaite talked about a sporty 17-year-old A-level student who is now using a wheelchair after suffering from acute nicotine poisoning and severe lung damage after vaping.
She added:
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