Protein thiol oxidation in the rat lung following e cigarette exposure ScienceDirect E Cigarette or Vaping Product Use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) REBEL EM Emergency Medicine Blog 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. No single e cigarette brand linked to vaping related lung injuries, CDC says