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Soap star Paul Danan has revealed he once had to be revived after his vaping addiction caused respiratory failure. The actor, who appeared in Hollyoaks between 1997 and 2005, collapsed last month and was rushed to hospital. Paul, 45, had to receive CPR in a touch-and-go moment.

The TV star, who was a contestant on the first series of ITV’s Celebrity Love Island, stated that ‘it’s a miracle [he’s] still here.’ Speaking to The Sun , Paul revealed that doctors warned his loved ones he ‘might not make it through the night’ after his dash to Whipps Cross hospital, East London. Having been taken ill at his parents’ home, his family feared the worst.



Recalling the events, Paul said: ‘I’m upstairs, puffing away on my vape, then suddenly I lost my breath and collapsed. ‘My family called for an ambulance and started giving me CPR, then police arrived and took over before paramedics took me to hospital. ‘I was on a machine in ICU and ended up with pneumonia.

My family were warned I might not make it through the night. I’m so lucky.’ Following his collapse, medics informed Paul that it was caused by his e-cigarette habit.

‘The doctor was so, so harsh with me. She told me, “Paul, you don’t know how serious this was and you are going to be in here for a while now, on this oxygen.” ‘She said if I ever smoke in any form again, I risk being linked to an oxygen tank later on in life.

She said that’s it now.’ Paul, who began smoking several years ago, s.

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