Yes, but most carriers classify vaping as tobacco use and price it at smoker rates, because nicotine shows up on the standard test. A small number of carriers treat it differently, which makes carrier choice unusually valuable here.
This is the question where the gap between what applicants expect and what carriers do is widest.
Why the test does not care what you inhaled
Underwriting screens for cotinine, a nicotine metabolite. It appears whether the nicotine came from cigarettes, a vape, a patch, gum or pouches. The test cannot distinguish the delivery method, so a nicotine-free vape is treated differently from a nicotine one only if you disclose it and the test agrees.
Nicotine replacement therapy prescribed to help you quit can also produce a positive result, which catches people out.
What carriers do with it
Most classify any nicotine use as tobacco and apply smoker rates, which are typically a large multiple of non-smoker pricing. A minority differentiate vaping from smoking, and a few will consider non-smoker rates for occasional non-cigarette nicotine use.
That variation is real and it is worth shopping — the difference between carriers here can be larger than the difference any other single factor makes.
Do not lie about it
The test will find it, and a positive result against a “no” on the application is a material misstatement. During the two-year contestability period that can void the policy entirely — the exact outcome the policy existed to prevent.
The full treatment of this topic is on COPD and respiratory.