VAPING IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS HARMFULL THAN SMOKING
Vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking, and that is exactly why it is so dangerous. (Bear with me.)
According to the NHS-UK, people who switch from smoking to vaping have significantly reduced exposure to toxins associated with risks of cancer, lung disease, heart disease and stroke.
And although e-cigarettes do contain nicotine (which is highly addictive), it is not the nicotine which does most of the damage in smoking cigarettes, but actually the many other toxins in cigarettes (such as tar). And this remains true even when it is a fact that vapers sip a lot more from their e-cigarettes than tobacco users inhale.
The claim that vaping causes popcorn lung is also a myth: popcorn lungs are caused by diacetyl (which is used to flavor popcorn), which in some countries (such as the UK) is even banned as an ingredient in vapes. It is contained in cigarettes though.
Then why is it so dangerous ?
Answer: because it is less harmful. The exact same reason why there are more biting incidents in children by Labrador retrievers than by more nasty dogs: Labradors are so nice and friendly that they are much more allowed to be approached and cuddled by (small) children. Put two and two together and you have a powerful recipe for possible disaster.
The same formalism holds for e-cigarettes: since they are much less harmful than tobacco cigarettes (although nicotine is still harmful by all means), teenagers and young adults turn to them way faster than to those nasty cancer cigs. And it is a fact that the chances to initiate cigarette smoking are significantly larger in vapers than in non-vapers.
So now we finally have a clear answer to your question:
Not so much, but yes.
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