E cigarette, or Vaping Product, Use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) Fact Sheets Yale Medicine Electronic cigarette use and its association with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma COPD overlap syndrome among never cigarette smokers Silent Airway Mucus Plugs in COPD and Clinical Implications CHEST A new study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research found that those using e cigarettes alone were more than twice as likely to develop COPD than people who didn't use any tobacco products,