Can You Get Lung Cancer From Vaping Dr Belal Bin Asaf 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 Can vaping cause cancer? The evidence suggests it might. The Washington Post 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.