As Belgium's disposable vape ban looms, health minister urges EU to change smoking rules POLITICO Belgium is preparing to ban all vape flavors except tobacco in an effort to prevent young people from becoming addicted to nicotine, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke announced Wednesday, following new recommendations from Netherlands: Flavored vapes are banned. Result: smoking on the rise, black markets boom. More than a decade after Cambodia first banned electronic cigarettes, vapes continue to circulate openly and online, exposing long standing enforcement failures and deepening concerns about youth addiction and long term public health risks,