InvestigateTV+: More teens are obtaining vapes through online, social media purchases
(InvestigateTV) — More teens are obtaining vapes illegally, purchasing them online and through social media.
InvestigateTV+ shows you just how easy it can be for young children to skirt age restrictions and get vape devices delivered directly to their front door.
Home security video captures the moment a man has a heart attack. Now, he’s sharing the unexpected warning signs.
Then, a dietitian decodes nutrition labels and explains which ingredients can turn from healthy choices to heart hazards.
Unfiltered Access: Teens are bypassing age restrictions on buying e-cigarettes
Donna Barlett always trusted her son, especially when it came to difficult conversations.
However, that trust was shattered when she received a call from his school, revealing a silent struggle with addiction she had missed. Her son, a high school junior, had been caught vaping on campus and faced suspension.
“I was extremely upset because we’d had brief conversations about vaping or more about smoking than anything else,” Barlett said.
At first, she didn’t recognize the warning signs. Her son, once a straight-A student and star athlete, began falling behind in schoolwork and asked to be taken out of games because he was struggling to breathe.
“He was vaping every day, all day at this point,” Barlett explained, describing how she discovered he’d been retrieving discarded vape pens from trash cans and bathroom stalls, rigging them to recharge.
Her son wasn’t alone. Other students at his school regularly vaped, many unknowingly developing nicotine addictions.
Arizona couple shares heart attack caught on camera to raise awareness
When is the last time a viral video impacted your life?
Jeff and Michelle Goss shared a video captured on their home surveillance camera on TikTok, hoping it might raise awareness for others on the realities of heart attacks.
In September 2024, the two were in their living room preparing to go to an Arizona Cardinals football game. They had no idea they would be watching the game from a hospital room.
“So at first I just felt nauseous,” Jeff told our investigators. “And it didn’t feel like much at all. I really didn’t think it was anything serious. I really didn’t.”
It turns out the then 53-year-old was having a widowmaker heart attack.
Focus on these grocery shopping strategies when eating a heart-healthy diet
When it comes to eating right and heart-healthy, better shopping is half the battle.
If it’s not in the house in the first place, you’re far less likely to eat things that aren’t good for you.
Melanie Jatsek, a dietitian with Heinen’s Grocery Stores, says a heart-healthy diet is also an anti-inflammatory diet, so you’re doing your whole body better when you follow guidelines for a healthier heart.
“The great thing about a heart-healthy diet is you’re not just eating to feed a healthy heart. You’re eating to feed a healthy brain, a healthy liver, a healthy digestive system,” says Jatsek.
She says to stay as close to plant-based as possible, limit added sugar, and focus on fiber and healthy fats when you’re in the center aisles.
To cure a sweet tooth, she says, indulge in walnut or almond butters, figs and dates.
Skateboarding nonprofit empowers kids to ride with free gear, lessons
A nonprofit in Myrtle Beach is working to remove barriers that keep kids from skateboarding by providing free equipment and lessons to underserved children.
The Heart of Stoke Foundation was launched in 2022 by Vince Camfora at Matt Hughes Skate Park, but the idea started decades earlier when Camfora was a 13-year-old struggling in Myrtle Beach.
“We didn’t have a lot of money, you know? And all I wanted to do was be a skateboarder or a surfer,” said Camfora, the foundation’s executive director and founder.
Camfora’s motivation came from watching kids wait by the fence at the skate park, hoping to borrow equipment.
“Something drew my attention to the fence over there, and it was a gaggle of kids that were, like, six or seven kids that were like 13-year-old me’s, waiting to take a turn and asking to borrow a board,” Camfora said.
His friend gave him his first skateboard in 1984, and he said it changed his life trajectory. Now he pays it forward through the foundation.
The foundation provides free skateboards, gear, lessons and trips to underserved children. But Camfora said the program goes beyond the basics. Then
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