E cigarettes and vapes are banned in India: Here's what foreign tourists should know CNBC TV18 One of the Problems With E Cigarettes: They Can Explode KQED Incredible Vaping has now been officially linked to a rare and permanent lung disease. Doctors and researchers say the chemicals in e cigarette vapor can damage the tiny airways in your lungs. In 2018, William Eric Brown, a 38 year old American man in Florida, died when his electronic cigarette (vape) exploded, becoming the first documented case in the United States of death from this type