Effects of Vaping Lung Foundation Australia Imaging Findings of Vaping Associated Lung Injury AJR How Your Body Absorbs Nicotine: Vapes vs Cigarettes FREESMO UK Vaping and smoking together increases lung cancer risk fourfold It's official. Flavored e cigarettes cause permanent lung damage. And doctors are already seeing it happen. In the United States, a teenager developed something called popcorn lung after secretly vaping for three years.