Bengaluru boy’s heart blocked 100% at 21: He never smoked a day in his life

A fit young student collapsed with a 100% blocked artery—no smoking, no family history. The culprit? A vape pen he started using at 16.

He didn’t smoke. He worked out. Yet a sudden heart attack revealed the silent cardiac wreckage left by five years of vaping.

Post-stent, his lungs are scarred. Every breath is a battle. And even with rehab, his respiratory health hasn’t bounced back.

Vapes deliver nicotine straight to your brain and heart—triggering inflammation, adrenaline spikes, and arterial damage that builds quietly.  

Marketed as “safer than cigarettes,” vapes still flood your body with nicotine, chemicals, and metal particles that ravage the heart from within.

Nicotine raises blood pressure and damages vessels, setting the stage for clots, blockages, and sudden cardiac arrests—sometimes in your 20s.

Even without tobacco, vape aerosols choke nitric oxide production—leading to stiff arteries, poor circulation, and higher heart attack risk.

Irregular heartbeats. Clots in the heart. Stroke risk. Vaping can quietly rewire your heartbeat—long before you feel chest pain.

Vapers often bomb stress tests used to predict heart disease. It’s not just lungs at risk—your heart’s fitness gets hit first.