Tammy Slaton is not falling back into old habits.
Two days after a social media user posted a video to TikTok that seemed to show the 1000-Lb Sisters star vaping after her recent skin removal surgery, the 38-year-old set the record straight about her health journey.
“Everyone freaking out about me vaping, it’s non nicotine,” Tammy wrote on her Instagram Stories June 10. “I haven’t smoked nicotine in a year.”
“Smh everybody always got something to say about everything but themselves,” she added. “It’s ridiculous.”
Tammy’s comments came just hours after fans saw the results of her long-awaited skin removal surgery during the June 10 episode of her and sister Amy Slaton’s TLC show. Because when she was working with Dr. J. Peter Rubin to schedule her surgery last year, her vaping habit proved to be a bit of an issue.
"So there's one thing I haven't told my doctors about and it could mess up the chances of having skin removal," she admitted during the season six finale in December. "I do vape. I mainly use it for anxiety. It helps calm me down."
Adding that she would usually vape "every day, several times a day," as well as relying on nicotine in the middle of the night to help her get back to sleep, her doctor warned her that vaping would increase the risk of wound healing problems.
"So No. 1 we got to get you off the vapes completely,” Dr. Rubin told her at the time. “No. 2 the nutrition is really important. We got to get those numbers up. That's going to take about two months minimum. So we can't schedule the surgery now until we can get all these things worked out."
And for her part, Amy—who joined Tammy for the doctors’ visit alongside their other sister Misty Slaton—knew how difficult it would be for her older sister to curb her bad habit.
"I know it's going to be really hard for her to quit vaping because instead of turning around one addiction, she went to another one,” Amy said of her middle sister during the December episode. “She went from food to vaping. I think it's her security blanket at this point."
But now, having successfully kicked her vaping habit and lost around 500 pounds, Tammy is seeing a whole new person in the mirror following her transformative procedure.
“I'm shocked, like I feel so weird,” she told cameras during a June 10 episode of the TLC show, before joking of the skin they removed from her chin, “I don't have my hanging ballsack off my face. My bat wings are gone, too. And I look down, and there’s nothing there but my lap now.”
For more about Tammy’s weight loss journey, keep reading.
Sharing Her Journey
Since 2020, TLC viewers have watched Tammy Slaton's journey on 1000-lb. Sisters. She underwent bariatric surgery in mid-2022 and since then, fans have continued to witness her transformation on TV and on social media.
As of August 2024, she has lost 500 pounds.
Summertime Style
The reality star shared a snap of herself in a floral print dress on Instagram in June 2023.
Squad Photo
That same month, Tammy posted a group photo with her brother Chris Combs and YouTuber Chelcie Lynn.
A Heartbreaking Loss
In July 2023, Tammy mourned the death of her husband Caleb Willingham. "Rip sweet angel you will forever be missed and loved so much," she wrote on Instagram alongside throwback photos, "thank you Caleb for showing me real love and happiness."
Mirror Selfie
Tammy stopped for a series of bathroom selfies, shared on Instagram August 2023.
Posing in Jeans
In October 2023, Tammy proudly posed for an Instagram selfie in jeans.
Tie-Dyed Style
Tammy posted this video on TikTok in January 2024.
"Killing It"
After she shared new selfies in April 2024, her weight loss surgeon, Dr. Eric Smith, commented, "You are killing it!"
Great Cat-titude
Tammy included in her update a pic of herself with her cat, Chocolate.
"You Are Beautiful"
Amid her weight loss journey, Tammy continued to provide her followers with the optimism she had gained throughout her 500-lb. weight loss.
“Always remember you are beautiful,” she wrote in the caption of an August 2024 TikTok. “You are strong. You are brave. You are loved and you are enough.”
Skin Removal Recipient
After months of setbacks that prevented Tammy from being approved for skin removal surgery, she was finally given the green light for the procedure.
She unveiled the results on a June 2025 episode of the TLC series.
Flaunt Your Form
One month after Tammy revealed her new look following her skin removal surgery, she shared a series of selfies from her life as of late.
Included in the July 2025 update, she showed off her new figure in a skin-tight body suit as she smiled at the camera.