Mercedes owner goes viral using vape to test vehicle's high-tech air filter

It’s known that vaping tin negatively impact one's health, but a viral infinitesimal shows conscionable really bad it tin be.

Sheldon Shuffield of Fort Worth, Texas, posted a video to his TikTok relationship (@thisdadtiktoks) successful August for his much than 600,000 followers, which now has much than 2 cardinal likes and 22 cardinal views.

"Oh my God, I conscionable sewage a caller fancy-schmancy Mercedes," he began. "Do you want impervious that vaping is bad for you?"

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Shuffield, who erstwhile worked successful health care, explained that his Mercedes came pinch a HEPA select that is "similar to what’s successful nan operating room," he said successful nan video.

(Left to right) Image of nan Mercedes HEPA select surface showing a normally-filtered and cleanable interior, adjacent to nan interior aft nan vape fume was blown. (Sheldon Shuffield/TikTok @thisdadtiktoks)

The select is meant to purify nan air that enters nan car to create a healthier environment.

Shuffield’s hubby took a puff of his vape and blew it down onto nan floorboards.

As he puffed retired nan ray plume of smoke, nan filter’s interior numbers changeable done nan roof, quickly changing from a "Good" 1 PM2.5 (particulate matter) rating, to an "Unhealthy" standing of 63, to a highest "Very Unhealthy" standing of 200, earlier nan car began filtering retired nan mediocre air.

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"Y’all!" Shuffield yelled successful reaction. "You’re blowing that astir pinch your kids successful nan car!"

"I’m truthful thankful that my car [has] that feature, because it conscionable opened my eyes … that was conscionable a small spot of vape fume successful my car."

Sheldon Shuffield (@thisdadtiktoks) posted his video to TikTok successful August. It now has astir 23 cardinal views. (Sheldon Shuffield/TikTok @thisdadtiktoks)

In an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital, Shuffield claimed that fumes from vehicles connected nan roadworthy registry little harm ratings than vape smoke.

"I'm shocked that truthful galore group willy-nilly inhale this each time long," he said. "It conscionable blows my mind."

In a connection sent to Fox News Digital, a Mercedes spokesperson said nan institution offers nan optional HEPA select arsenic portion of its "Energizing Air Control Plus" characteristic successful nan Mercedes EQS and EQE Sedan and SUV models.

"This precocious filtration strategy importantly improves aerial value by capturing good dust, micro-particles and pollen, and reducing harmful pollutants for illustration sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides," nan spokesperson noted.

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"With a filtration ratio exceeding 99.65% for particles arsenic mini arsenic PM 0.3, it ensures a cleanable and safe situation wrong nan vehicle, comparable to cleanable rooms and operating theaters."

While accepted cigarettes nutrient overmuch higher levels of harmful chemicals, e-cigarettes "should not beryllium considered safe," an master said. (iStock)

Theodore Wagener, PhD, director of nan Center for Tobacco Research and co-leader of nan Cancer Control Program astatine The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, told Fox News Digital that this video is "not astatine each surprising."

"The car is measuring PM2.5 (aka particulate matter pinch a diameter of 2.5 microns aliases less), which is mini capable to recreation deep into nan lungs," nan master said.

"This type of accusation tin summation information to extremity vaping and smoking to amended wide health."

"While accepted cigarettes nutrient … a greater magnitude of harmful chemicals than e-cigarettes, e-cigarettes … should not beryllium considered safe, but alternatively considered little harmful than cigarettes." 

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The use of having a HEPA select successful a vehicle, Wagener said, is that it provides "real-time feedback of nan effect of your behaviors."

"This type of accusation tin summation information to extremity vaping and smoking to amended overall health," he added.

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Shuffield's video proves that "vaping is not benign," Wagener said.

"It should only beryllium utilized arsenic a method of harm simplification for cigaret smokers who person been incapable to quit smoking utilizing FDA-approved products for illustration nicotine lozenges and patches," he said. 

"Mercedes-Benz was nan first automotive shaper to person nan ‘OFI CERT’ ZG 250-1 certification from nan Austrian Research and Testing Institute (OFI)," Mercedes told Fox News Digital. "Air filters pinch this certificate trim germs and viruses straight astatine nan filter." (iStock)

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"For smokers, switching wholly to vaping nicotine will apt nutrient a health benefit, but nan eventual extremity should beryllium to wholly extremity usage of each nicotine."

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Shuffield and his hubby person "scaled back" connected their vaping habits, he said, arsenic they intend to beryllium bully domiciled models for their kids – a son, 7, and a daughter, 14.

For group who are addicted to vaping, Shuffield's proposal is to "put it down and measurement distant from it arsenic overmuch arsenic you can."

"Don’t fto it beryllium glued to your manus for illustration a cellphone."