Moore County teen sounds alarm about vaping and e-cigarettes

A doctor told Raymond Moore, who is 16, that his lungs resemble those of a 70-year-old person since the teen took up vaping.

"You're friends think its' cool," he said. "It's not cool."

Raymond says he started smoking cigarettes when he was 13 years old, but switched to e-cigs last year.

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"You always see people blowing rings," he said.

"I was steady," he said. "I was walking around every which way steadily hitting my vape."

Moore's diagnosis hasn't been confirmed by a doctor due to health care privacy rules.

But he says he will share the results of some of his testing he'll have done next week.

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So far, 28 cases have been reported by North Carolina residents who range in age from 16 to 72.

"Finally about a month ago, I had to lay my vape down," Moore said. "I was heaving, gagging. I couldn't  even breathe. I just wish I would have known a vape could have done (this) before I started vaping."