A teenager had to be urgently hospitalized after suffering a lung collapse, a painful condition caused by his severe addiction to electronic cigarettes. The minor confessed that he started vaping just to It's official. Flavored e cigarettes cause permanent lung damage. And doctors are already seeing it happen. In the United States, a teenager developed something called popcorn lung after secretly vaping for three years. Student, 18, shares shocking images of his lungs after vaping for a year caused them to collapse Vape addict kicked five year habit after his lung collapsed Discover SWNS