EVALI: The Silent Danger of E cigarettes Understanding "Severe Lung Inflammation" That Threatens the Lives of Smokers. Phyathai Hospital New medical research is raising concerns about possible links between vaping and bronchiolitis obliterans also known as popcorn lung, a rare and irreversible lung disease. Health experts say more long term E cigarettes compromise the gut barrier and trigger inflammation: iScience Chronic electronic cigarette exposure in mice induces features of COPD in a nicotine dependent manner Thorax