Department of Medicine

Brief Vaping Exposure Leaves Lasting Damage in the Lung’s Deepest Tissue, Study Finds

Written by Bioengineer.org | October 06, 2026

A few days of exposure to e-cigarette vapor may be enough to injure the most delicate tissue in the human lung and to weaken its defenses against respiratory viruses, according to a new study led by researchers at National Jewish Health and published in JCI Insight.