{
 "answer": "In the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, smoking & vaping rules are set by Health By-law No. 9535 (consolidated to June 17, 2025), verified 2026-10-15. Buffer distance: six metres.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000148",
 "municipality": "Vancouver",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
 "official_website": "https://vancouver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Health By-law No. 9535 (consolidated to June 17, 2025)",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2007-10-02",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/9535c.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans smoking (including electronic smoking devices and hookah) in enclosed public places and requires smoke-free signs; s.2 also regulates smoking in parks. Smoking provisions sit in the Health By-law.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-3cat",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T17:30:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "capture_note": "fetch failed/blocked; not snapshotted",
   "capture_sha256": "25ec3e253f71d2f57510decd6856551ca2ad1a8000d5987fdebf8813dc9fcb78",
   "capture_method": "wayback-id",
   "capture_wayback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260115024840id_/https://bylaws.vancouver.ca/9535c.PDF",
   "document_number": "9535",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/25ec3e253f71d2f57510decd6856551ca2ad1a8000d5987fdebf8813dc9fcb78.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Buildings (except exemptions), vehicles for hire, public transit, transit shelters, within 6 m of building openings, customer service areas, Schedule B plaza, within 6 m of customer service area.",
    "buffer_distance": "six metres",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "cannabis_included": true,
    "fine_range": "not less than $250.00 and not more than $10,000.00 for each offence; not less than $500.00 for s. 2.3 or 5.3(c); not less than $250.00 and not more than $10,000.00 for each day"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 2.2",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 2.2(e)",
    "vaping_included": "s. 1.2",
    "cannabis_included": "s. 1.2",
    "fine_range": "s. 5.4; s. 5.5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vancouver/smoking-vaping/bylaw-9535/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/vancouver/smoking-vaping/"
}