E-cigarettes in Belgium

Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety, and Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.

Belgium: The 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation has been agreed by a joint group of federal and regional health ministers. The plan, which covers vaping, sets several objectives, including keeping the tobacco industry out of the preparation and implementation of public health policies; introducing a tax on vapour products in 2024; banning disposable e-cigarettes; improving health promotion; a ban on vending-machine sales; tighter restrictions on long-distance sales and advertising; and improving the make-up of vapour products by extending restrictions to nicotine-free vapes.

Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment has told ECigIntelligence that the draft 2022-2028 Strategy for a Tobacco-Free Generation will be voted on on 14th December by an interministerial conference on public health made up of federal and regional ministers. The plan, which covers vaping, sets several objectives, including keeping the tobacco industry out of the preparation and implementation of public health policies; improving health promotion policies; a ban on vending machines; tighter restrictions on long-distance sales and advertising; and improving the make-up of vapour products.

Belgium: Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke has proposed a ban on vending machines in bars, restaurants and catering facilities selling any kind of vaping or tobacco products, allowing them only in supermarkets. The bill is moving forward and has been voted on at its first reading.

Belgium: The government was today presenting its 2023 Budget, which was expected to include further increases in excise duty on tobacco products over the next two years and a vapour products tax to start in 2024, media reports.

Belgium: The Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment has updated the lists of positive and negative e-cigarette product notifications.