The Photo That Changed Everything
When his mother, Kylee Jope, saw what had been removed from her son’s body, she was stunned.
“When we picked it up, LeeRay pulled it out and we were both like ‘oh my god’,” she said.
“It was the damaged piece of the lung that they had removed. We’re actually going to bury it at our house as a native tree. We were shocked.”
For Kylee, the reality was brutal:
“I never realised vapes could do this. They advertise it to help give up smoking. You’re pretty much intentionally drowning your insides. Seeing my son go through that was horrifying.”
“I’ll Never Touch a Vape Again”
For LeeRay, the experience has been a painful wake-up call — and he’s determined other teenagers don’t repeat his mistake.
“I actually went and talked to one of the primary schools near where I live. I don’t want them going through what I went through,” he said.
“It was a pain that no one at a young age should be going through. I would tell anyone don’t do it.
I’ll never touch a vape again.”
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