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<br />Orange County Delays E-Cigarette <br />Decision <br /> <br />By Joey DeVito <br />SHARE THIS: <br />Posted April 27, 2016 at 10:31 pm <br />E-Cigarette. Photo via Vaping360.com <br />The Orange County Board of Health will delay the vote on a resolution that would ban all use of electronic <br />cigarettes in bars and restaurants across the county. <br />“Because the science is so incredibly important to this decision, I would recommend you wait and let <br />some national vetting of this emerging science occur,” said county health director Colleen Bridger. <br />The Surgeon General is scheduled to release a report on the effects of e-cigarettes in the fall and the <br />board will wait for the results of that report before making a decision. <br />They will also have an expert look at the report and share their thoughts. <br />“Little is known about the long term effects of vaping on the lung,” said director of the UNC Center for <br />Tobacco Regulatory Science Rob Tarran. “However, e-cigarettes appear to cause changes in the lung in <br />the gene and protein level consistent with immunosuppression.” <br />Tarran was in favor of the ban, but his voice was far from the only one heard, as people on both sides of <br />the argument addressed the board. <br />Those opposed to the ban said the county should let individual businesses choose their own policies and <br />that there was not enough evidence to prove that vapor from these products are harmful.