The health issues that have surfaced with the COVID-19 pandemic have been severe and immeasurable. Many scientists and doctors have studied what makes people more prone to the ailment. Vaping And Viruses: Your Lungs, Your Life explores one of these pre-existing conditions: vaping.
Vaping and Viruses: Your Lungs, Your Life starts with a stark statistic: over five million teenagers said they vape. Personal anecdotes pepper the documentary, discussing how vaping is a harmful exercise even without the added threat of COVID-19. Doctors and vapers alike discuss the effect of vaping, including lung damage, pneumonia, and other sicknesses.
A key scare tactic here is the story of Daniel Ament. Ament vaped so vociferously his lungs failed, and he needed a double lung transplant to survive. Ex-smokers and doctors alike discuss the ways in which viruses, triggered by smoking or otherwise, attack the lungs and cause ailments like COVID, influenza, and pneumonia.
The film is short (under 20 minutes) but packs a real punch. It doesn’t shy away from anything. It tackles vaping and COVID-19 very seriously. It doesn’t demand that people stop vaping; instead, the film shows you why vaping is a real threat, leaving viewers to decide for themselves whether vaping is worth risking their lives. It can be used as a viable teaching tool for high school students and college kids alike.