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Vaping has also been linked to popcorn lung, lipoid pneumonia and collapsed lung.

It is not an unfounded fear, with a risk of lipoid pneumonia from inhaling the diesel fumes emitted by their rusting oxygen compressors.

Some reports suggested patients had “lipoid pneumonia,” with their lungs clogged and inflamed by fatty oils.

The largest analysis so far of lung tissue taken from ill vapers did not find evidence of lipoid pneumonia, which might have been caused by the oily chemicals in vapes.

The scientists searched for evidence of lipoid pneumonia, a condition that arises when oil enters the lungs.