Experts say that flavored e cigarettes can cause irreversible lung damage. A U.S. teen developed "popcorn lung" after secretly vaping for 3 years a permanent, life altering disease. Officially known as bronchiolitis obliterans, Ontario teen's vaping injury consistent with 'popcorn lung,' study suggests CBC News Popcorn lung' may have brought teen close to death after vaping for months Stout Middle School Popcorn lung. Vaping lung injury. Lets stop confusing the two., Popcorn lung is the lazy name for bronchiolitis obliteransa disease of the small airways, not the alveoli. , It got its name from Teenager Diagnosed Of 'Popcorn Lung'; Doctors Suspect Vaping Habit CodeBlue Doctors Report First Documented Case of 'Popcorn Lung' From Vaping