A 17-year-old boy was left with a bloody mouth, broken teeth and a shattered jaw after a vape pen exploded in his mouth. The boy allegedly travelled more than 400km with the injury from a small town in Nevada to a pediatric hospital in Utah with his mother after the incident. The doctors discovered he had punctured his chin, and his mouth was covered in cuts so they had to remove some of his teeth and damaged tissues.

According to India Times, Dr. Micah G. Katz and Dr. Katie W. Russell who treated the patient stated, "The increasing prevalence of vaping among adolescents is a public health concern. People need to know before they buy these devices that there's a possibility they're going to blow up in your pocket, in your face."