LOVE Island legend Paul Danan had to be brought back to life after suffering a respiratory failure triggered by his addiction to vapes.Paul Danan had to be brought back to life after suffering a respiratory failure due to vaping, above the star gearing up for Love Island appearance in 2005then suddenly I lost my breath and collapsed. My family called for an ambulance and started giving me CPR, then police arrived and took over before paramedics took me to hospital.
“I was on a machine in ICU and ended up with pneumonia. My family were warned that I might not make it through the night. I’m so lucky.”He explained: “The doctor was so, so harsh with me. She told me, ‘Paul, you don’t know how serious this was and you are going to be in here for a while now, on this oxygen’.“She said if I ever smoke in any form again I risk being linked to an oxygen tank later on in life. She said that’s it now.
“After years of smoking cigarettes and all sorts, it’s the vaping which has done me in. That pushed me over the edge.”After quitting cigarettes in 2021 he became hooked on vapes, using them so much that he even went to bed holding one.“The cotton wool turned black from the smoke from the cigarette but the wool remained the same colour after the vape smoke hit it, and that experiment was supposed to symbolise the lungs.
Paul, who has launched drama workshop Morning After Drama in Bristol — aimed at people affected by poor mental health — now wants to warn parents over the dangers.“And the problem is because of the sugar and the taste and nicotine, it’s going to be so hard for them to let go of that.”His brush with death has given him a new perspective on life, making him determined to lead a healthier one.
Now recovered, he is focusing on landing new theatre roles and raising money for Little Havens children’s hospice in“I’m in the best place mentally I’ve been for ages and can’t wait to see what’s around the corner.”
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