A new paper by Australian researchers definitively puts on the record that vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, so we chatted to two of the academics behind it. , Video by Lia Walsh., How Tobacco, Vaping, and Smokeless Products Affect Cancer Risk Using nicotine based vapes is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, even if e cigarette users do not smoke tobacco, a watershed academic review has found. Can vaping cause cancer? The evidence suggests it might. The Washington Post Cancer tied to woman's vaping habit since age 15 as she's now given just months to live Vapes containing nicotine are likely to cause lung and oral cancers, according to a new Australian review of evidence. Read full coverage on this story via link in bio