Electronic cigarettes also prohibited in cafés

Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are devices that deliver nicotine through a vapour and have become popular among some smokers trying to give up. They also offered an alternative to smokers following the ban on smoking in cafés and restaurants which went into effect in Belgium on July 1, 2011. “The e-cigarette is banned in all public places," said Paul van den Meerssche, chief inspector at the Department of Public Health and head of tobacco control. His statement comes in direct response to a commercial by Smoke Tronic, a manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, in which the company boasts that its nicotine-free e-cigarettes can be used everywhere, even in places where smoking is prohibited.