Teenager collapses after one puff of counterfeit vape

Glyn Potts, the headteacher at Blessed John Henry Newman RC College, said the student passed out near the school gates after his first puff of a vape pen.

According to Manchester Evening News, it was later revealed that the vape in question had been modified to contain CBD oil.

Glyn said, “We don't know what is going in the vapes themselves, and a number of them are repurposed.

"We are seeing vapes that have been reignited with chemicals and toxins that we don't know about. That's certainly the case with the young man that collapsed at our school."

The warning follows a BBC News investigation earlier in May that revealed vapes confiscated from children at a college in Kidderminster contained high levels of lead, nickel and chromium. These heavy metals can impair brain development, trigger blood clotting and exacerbate cardiovascular diseases.