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Doctors have attributed a death in Belgium to an e-cigarette for the first time. An 18-year-old Brussels man died in hospital this week following a serious lung infection.
Many cafes in Brussels still aren’t abiding by the total smoking ban that’s been in force since 2009.
Part of Ostend’s beach will be smoke-free this year in a pilot project launched by the city council.
Flanders has banned smoking in the car in the presence of children under the age of 16. The ban went into place on Saturday.
Shisha bars in Belgium are “out of control”, according to Paul Van den Meerssche, head of the tobacco and alcohol department of the federal public health service.
"Neutral" cigarette and tobacco packaging, with no logos or brand slogans, will be introduced in Belgium "as quickly as possible", the federal government has announced.
Flanders and Wallonia are set to issue decrees in the coming months that will ban smoking in cars when children are present.
In the Brussels-Capital Region, 1,500 people, on average, die every year due to the effects of tobacco use, which makes smoking the main cause of death in the capital.
Federal public health minister Maggie De Block (pictured) will on Tuesday present her long-awaited anti-smoking plan in parliament.
