'Scariest experience': ex-vaping youth front new push

As Xavier Roper struggled to breathe in bed and his girlfriend ran for help, the perils of his short vape addiction finally hit home. Video via AAP.

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00:00 I didn't want to admit to myself that I was addicted, but looking back I most certainly was.

00:07 And it was when I would get that anxious feeling when I didn't have it.

00:12 I was at a party vaping and I ended up going home early that night.

00:17 Halfway through the night I woke up basically not being able to breathe, gasping for air.

00:22 I got my girlfriend to wake my parents up and I rushed to the hospital.

00:27 Basically not being able to breathe, having a panic attack growing up, gasping for air.

00:33 It was one of the scariest experiences of my life.

00:36 Essentially it was just due to weakening my lungs to the point of vaping.

00:40 And then a small virus just completely threw my mind-control out just because of the condition my lungs were in.