The Mysterious Vaping Illness That's 'Becoming an Epidemic' The New York Times Pathology of Vaping Associated Lung Injury New England Journal of Medicine New lung scans prove vaping is toxic. The science is officially in. Scans show that teens have developed "popcorn lung" as a result of vaping. It's a permanent, chronic disease that shortens Protein thiol oxidation in the rat lung following e cigarette exposure ScienceDirect Lung Injury Associated with Vaping is a Crisis UCHealth Estes Valley Medical Center