Nicotine can be nitrated into NWK and other nitrosamines and further metabolized into DNA damaging probandt which can cause carcinogenic effect.So nicotine is stuck in your DNA and then eventually gives you cancer. It is kinda likely to get cancer if you have been vaping for a long time and can't find a stop. You can even try to reach out to your family and ask for help, or even call someone for help and I'm sure they would be more than happy to help you. If you keep on vaping and can't put a stop to it, you should probably call someone for help because they want to make a change in the world. If you have been vaping for a long time, you probably have really bad lung damage and there is also no cure for it. Also, if you have been vaping long enough it can cause death but only sometimes. Can you prevent death by preventing it? You could, but it would take a lot. You would have to do a lot because you already have lung damage. But you could take a step back and form vaping,cigarettes or any vaping products that can make it worse. Vaping can have health effects like breathing and even lead to cancer.There is so much proof that vaping can mess with your breathing and that would not be good if you are playing a sport because you would have to keep taking breaks.A way that we can prevent popcorn lunges is to just don't vape and if you are try your best to stop and I know it can be hard