Warning for people heading to Reading and Leeds Festival over 'vape spiking'

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Warning for people heading to Reading and Leeds Festival over 'vape spiking'

A festival goer has warned others about the dangers of ‘vape spiking’ that has been happening at music festivals. Hollie Till, known as @festival_hollie on TikTok, shared a clip of herself advising people to be wary of anyone who comes up to them offering a free puff of their vape.

In the 28-second video, Hollie said “please don’t take” a pull of a stranger’s vape for anyone attending Reading and Leeds Festival this weekend. She said: “If any of you are at the festivals and people come up to you offering a pull of their vape, please don’t take it.

“There were a couple of people at Download Festival and Isle of Wight Festival, I’m sure there are some other ones as well, where people were spiked with vapes. I don’t think it’s certain what is actually in the vapes, but a lot of people are saying it’s Spice.

“And it just won’t be a good experience for you. So if someone is coming up to you offering a vape, please do not take it. Make sure you tell your friends and just make sure you’re having a good time.”

Hollie’s video has racked up over 293,100 views, 20,600 likes and 395 comments, at the time of writing. Chloe Hammerton, 26, who works for South Central Ambulance Service, collapsed and fell unconscious as her girlfriend Natasha Ward screamed in terror at the Isle of Wight Festival last weekend, reported The Mirror.

The paramedic was left fitting and unable to move any part of her body after she was allegedly 'duped' into having a puff on a stranger's vape at the festival. Natasha said the man had allegedly approached Chloe and encouraged her to try his vape while the couple queued to buy food at the event.

But 'within a minute' of trying the vape, Chloe was reportedly left passing in and out of consciousness, unable to speak or move any part of her body, and was suffering fits as her pupils constricted to 'pinpoints'. Her girlfriend described how she was left begging and screaming for help as Chloe lay on the floor "terrified and unconscious".

Reading and Leeds released a list of their banned items at the beginning of the month. They posted a small collection of photos which read: “Please do not bring single-use disposable vapes as they may be confiscated on entry. They pollute the environment and incorrect disposal of these can be hazardous at waste centres.

“Campfires are no longer allowed anywhere at the festival, including the campsites. This is to support the air quality action plan and in consideration of local impacts as set out in our Green Nation Charter. Anyone seen creating or fuelling a fire will be evicted from the festival site.

“Disposable BBQs are no longer allowed anywhere at the festival, including the campsites. This is to support the air quality action plan and in consideration of local impacts as set out in our Green Nation Charter. Anyone seen creating or fuelling a fire will be evicted from the festival site.”

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Items not allowed in the festival:

  • Aerosols over 250ml
  • Air Horns / Megaphones
  • All gas canisters of any size (including nitrous oxide)
  • Animals (other than registered hearing dogs or guide dogs)
  • Any goods for unauthorised trading with unauthorised Reading/Leeds Festival logos
  • Anything that could reasonably be considered for use as a weapon including oversized lighters
  • Blow torches
  • Catapults
  • Chinese / Sky lanterns / Paper Lanterns
  • Clothing/Garments/Items which promote Cultural Appropriation
  • Disposable BBQs
  • Disposable vapes (refillable vapes are permitted)
  • Drones and other flying devices
  • Excessive amounts of food
  • Fireworks/Pyrotechnics, Flares/Distress Flares
  • Generators (unless in campervan)
  • Glass bottles, jars, containers over 100ml
  • Illegal Substances (drugs) and legal highs, herbal highs, new psychoactive substances and unidentifiable substances - including Nitrous Oxide
  • Nitrous Oxide and any items associated with the taking of NPS and NOS (including but not limited to balloons, whipped cream dispensers, water crackers / CO2 dispensers)
  • Petrol Burner
  • Portable laser equipment and pens
  • Sound systems (Small Portable speakers are permitted in Campsites)
  • Spray Cans
  • Unauthorised professional film or video equipment, radios or walkie talkies
  • Unofficial tabards and reflective jackets

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