At an October panel, it was revealed that the July 2020 smoking ban—previously only set to apply to combustible forms of tobacco—may also include restrictions on electronic cigarettes.

E-cigarettes were deliberately exempted from the ban when it was first announced in April 2018. However, James Davis, medical director for Duke’s Center for Smoking Cessation and a key voice in the development of the ban, aired his concerns upon the ban’s creation, telling The Chronicle in June 2018 that “good, long-term data” on e-cigarettes did not yet exist.