‘ It Was Horrible ’ : Newburyport Mother Says Son Developed Lung Condition From Vaping

BOSTON (CBS) – A Newburyport mother says her son’s vaping addiction got so bad, he was diagnosed with a restrictive lung condition. Cade Beauparlant was the captain of the Newburyport hockey team, until he was benched in his senior year once he was caught smoking his Juul, a popular electronic cigarette, in school. “He’d be skating and he wouldn’t even be able to skate a full shift for the hockey team without having to come off because he was so short of breath,” his mom explained. After Cade got in trouble, his parents brought him to Mass General, where they discovered he had developed lung issues from four years of smoking the Juul. Kristin and Cade Beauparlant (Image credit Ajax Furtography) “It was horrible,” Kristin Beauparlant said. “It was something that I still look back on and think what could I have done? What could I have recognized sooner? Should I have gotten him help sooner? But I honestly had no idea.” She says her son thought the Juul was just flavored water vapor. “I believe strongly that he never would’ve picked up a traditional cigarette,” she said. “But he even said it was the flavors and the social media that inspired him to give it a try.” One box of JUUL cartridges discovered by Cade’s mom (WBZ-TV) Her son Cade is now in his freshman year of college in Maine, and is still working to wean himself off the Juul. It’s stories like Cade’s that inspired Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to propose a ban on menthol and mint f...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated Local Watch Listen JUUL Kristina Rex Newburyport News vaping Source Type: news