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 Cancer tied to woman's vaping habit since age 15 as she's now given just months to live E Cigarettes and Breast Cancer: Is Vaping Really Safer? 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.