Popcorn Lung Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Can Vaping Cause Lung Cancer or Other Diseases? Essentia Health Medical professionals are warning about bronchiolitis obliterans, commonly called "popcorn lung," a serious and permanent lung condition increasingly associated with vaping. The condition damages the smallest airways in the lungs, causing symptoms The Mysterious Vaping Illness That's 'Becoming an Epidemic' The New York Times