Landmark Australian Study Finds Vaping ‘Likely to Cause’ Lung and Oral Cancer

A new Australian study finds evidence linking vaping to oral and lung cancers, urging action as to not repeat mistakes of the past.

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Australian cancer researchers have concluded that nicotine-based e-cigarettes are likely to cause lung and oral cancer, in what they describe as the most definitive assessment of vaping’s carcinogenic potential to date.

The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Carcinogenesis and led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW), examined a massive longitudinal span of evidence from 2017 to 2025.