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your homegrown newspaper April 17, 2024
Vol. 20, No. 31
Documentary pg. 6
Character pg. 14
Daniel Ament speaks to Charlo students about his life before and after a vaping-related, double-lung transplant.
SHANOAH MCCOOL PHOTO
Double-lung transplant recipient warns about dangers of vaping By Shanoah McCool for the Valley Journal
Softball pg. 14
LAKE COUNTY — In 2019, a 16-year-old boy from Michigan was the first person in the world to receive a double
lung transplant due to a vaping related illness. Since then, Daniel Ament has made it his mission to educate others about the dangers of vaping by sharing his story with them. Ament shared his story with students at seven
area schools last week and with community members at Salish Kootenai College. His visit and presentations were coordinated by the Lake County Tobacco Prevention Program. On April 9, Ament spoke to
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students at Charlo High School. He shared that he was a very active in his teen years - he could run a 19-minute 5k, participated in competitive sailing, swimsee page 2