Association of electronic cigarette use and risk of COPD: a systematic review and meta analysis npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine The evidence is clear: Young E cigarette users suffer from respiratory symptoms American Lung Association Vaping is not harmless. A new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine reveals that e cigarettes significantly increase the risk of COPD and high blood pressure. Our own Dr. Todd Hoopman shares firsthand accounts Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Some diagnoses become so common that we stop questioning them. An elderly smoker with breathlessness? COPD. A wheezy patient in the emergency? COPD exacerbation. But bedside medicine