Vaping may be creating the next wave of lung cancer: Oncologists explain why new-age smoking habits are more dangerous than many people think

For years, anti-smoking campaigns focused on cigarettes. The message was clear, and millions of people gradually understood that tobacco smoke could lead to lung cancer, heart disease and several other illnesses. But while cigarette use has declined in many places, a different trend has quietly taken its place.Walk into a college campus, a café or even scroll through social media, and vaping devices are hard to miss. Sleek designs, fruity flavours and the idea that they are "cleaner" than cigarettes have made e-cigarettes particularly attractive to teenagers and young adults. Many people who would never have considered smoking a traditional cigarette have started vaping instead.The concern among cancer specialists is growing. While e-cigarettes have not been around long enough to fully measure their lifetime cancer risk, researchers already know that many vaping aerosols contain chemicals capable of damaging lung tissue and DNA. That makes experts worry that today's vaping culture could translate into tomorrow's lung cancer burden.