Ty Greer is the 16 year old teen from Souther Alberta, Canada, whose face was almost blown apart by smoking a new vape.

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Retailers and companies upset about the incident, so they presume it was due to Ty Greer's teenage negligence of learning to hot properly a vape.

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Ty was using the vape and as he had it a few inches from his face when it blew up, shattering two of his teeth.

^[4]His father, Perry Greer, has had a lot to say about the incident:

“It lit my kid’s face on fire, busted two teeth out,”

“It burned the back of his throat, burned his tongue very badly.

If he wasn’t wearing glasses, he possibly could have lost his eyes.”

“He wanted to die.

That is how much pain he was in.”

“He pushed the button and blew in, and then you wait a couple of seconds, and then you puff on it.

It was about two inches from his mouth and it just blew apart.”

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“I would like to see these unregulated ones possibly banned,” Greer said.

“It is horrific to see your kid with his face so burnt.”

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador are the only provinces that have not banned the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors, according to the Non-Smokers Rights Association.

Alberta leaves the decision to municipalities.

Les Hagen of the group Action on Smoking and Health said what happened to Ty Greer is another reason why e-cigarettes need to be regulated federally and provincially.

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“We absolutely need product standards.

For instance, they shouldn’t explode in your mouth,” Hagen said.

“The other element with this particular incident is this product was sold to a minor, to a 16-year-old.

We would like to see a ban on the sale of these products to minors, just like we have with cigarettes.”

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