{
 "answer": "In the City of Nanaimo, British Columbia, where prohibited: City-owned property (except designated areas), parks, designated public spaces, buildings except residences/hotel rooms, transit stops, school yards, customer service areas.; buffer distance: six (6) metres; vaping included: True; cannabis included: True. Source: Smoking Regulation Bylaw 2018 No. 7268, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000084",
 "municipality": "Nanaimo",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://nanaimo.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Smoking Regulation Bylaw 2018 No. 7268",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-02-25",
   "document_url": "https://nanaimo.ca/bylaws/ViewBylaw/7268.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates smoking in public places within the City of Nanaimo under Community Charter public-health authority.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "274606711c3bc4ab441de7d5fddbcd176ee32cecf99966be4af89a710ed8d666",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/274606711c3bc4ab441de7d5fddbcd176ee32cecf99966be4af89a710ed8d666.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "City-owned property (except designated areas), parks, designated public spaces, buildings except residences/hotel rooms, transit stops, school yards, customer service areas.",
    "buffer_distance": "six (6) metres",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "cannabis_included": true,
    "fine_range": "$250.00 to TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 3.1",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 4.2",
    "vaping_included": "s. 3.1",
    "cannabis_included": "s. 3.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 6.1; Schedule 'A'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/nanaimo/smoking-vaping/text-274606711c3b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/nanaimo/smoking-vaping/"
}