E cigarettes can result in 'Popcorn Lung' Doctors have linked vaping to a rare, incurable lung condition called obliterative bronchiolitis, often referred to as popcorn lung. The disease permanently scars and narrows the lungs' airways, causing lifelong breathing problems. 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 Popcorn lung: Teen first case of life threatening vaping injury Is it True That Vaping Can Cause Popcorn Lung? Freeman Vape