{
 "answer": "In the City of Surrey, British Columbia, where prohibited: Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, shelters, vehicles with minors, hospital lots, customer service areas, and within 7.5m of openings.; buffer distance: seven and one-half metres; vaping included: True; fines: not less than $100.00 and not more than $2,000.00. Source: Surrey Public Health Smoking Protection By-law, No. 16694, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000138",
 "municipality": "Surrey",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.surrey.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Surrey Public Health Smoking Protection By-law, No. 16694",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-07-14",
   "document_url": "https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_reg_16694.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans smoking (incl. e-cigarettes) in enclosed public places and common areas, and within 7.5m of building openings including doors, windows and air intakes; regulates customer-service patios.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "56356f0ad04c2c01b6230beb76b283620e8c47277a94350997e3cc1733686118",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/56356f0ad04c2c01b6230beb76b283620e8c47277a94350997e3cc1733686118.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, shelters, vehicles with minors, hospital lots, customer service areas, and within 7.5m of openings.",
    "buffer_distance": "seven and one-half metres",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "fine_range": "not less than $100.00 and not more than $2,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 2.1(a)-(h)",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 2.1(f)",
    "vaping_included": "s. 1.2",
    "fine_range": "s. 3.4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/surrey/smoking-vaping/text-56356f0ad04c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/surrey/smoking-vaping/"
}