CDC links vaping to 33 deaths in U.S. The Shield Online D.C. bills would block e cigarette sales without a prescription, ban flavored products The Washington Post While vaping is not risk free, it is less harmful than tobacco Our World in Data 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. Fruit flavored vapes just cleared a major hurdle with the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration authorizing the marketing of fruit flavored e cigarettes, marking the first time it has approved this category of vaping