Woman, 22, has cancer and 18 months to live after vaping since age of 15

Woman, 22, has cancer and 18 months to live after vaping since age of 15The retail assistant said doctors turned her away eight timesCommentsNewsNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)08:23, 19 Apr 2026View 6 ImagesKayley Boda was getting through one 600-puff a week when she started coughing up a brown substance with "grainy bits"A woman who started vaping aged 15 has been given 18 months to live after being diagnosed with lung cancer aged 21. Kayley Boda, 22, was getting through one 600-puff a week when she started coughing up a brown substance with "grainy bits" in it in January 2025.‌The retail assistant, from Manchester, said doctors turned her away eight times, telling her she had a chest infection, until she began coughing up blood. After seven biopsies, Kayley was diagnosed with lung cancer and has undergone surgery to remove the lower lobe of her right lung, as well as chemotherapy.‌In February 2026, she got the all clear, but two months later, doctors said the cancer had come back in the pleural lining, and that she has just 18 months to live. Kayley is now raising money to pay for a clinical trial in Germany, to help prolong her life, and has issued a warning for others to be aware of the dangers of vaping.‌View 6 ImagesKayley is hoping to fund private treatmentKayley said: “A few months after I switched from reusable vapes to disposable ones, I started coughing up brown, grainy mucus. “Doctors turned me away eight times with a chest infection.‌“Then I started coughing up blood, so they did an x-ray and found a shadow on my lung. They told me they were 99% sure with me being so young that it wasn't cancer, so not to worry about it. When I got the results back and they told me it was lung cancer, it felt so surreal.“Before the diagnosis, I was very naive and thought that something like this would never happen to me. I had surgery to remove half of my right lung and after the surgery, I started chemo and I had a terrible rea...