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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey Medical editor

Vaping likely to cause lung and oral cancer, Australian researchers find in new review of evidence

Close up of beared man using vape
Researchers find there are early warning signs in the body from vaping strongly linked to cancer risk, including DNA damage and inflammation. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, researchers have found, as they urged regulators to act now rather than wait decades for a definitive level of risk.

Cancer researchers led by the University of New South Wales in Sydney analysed reviews of evidence from animal studies, human case reports and laboratory research published between 2017 and 2025, in one of the most detailed assessments to date of whether nicotine e-cigarettes could cause cancer.

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