{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of West Vancouver, British Columbia, where prohibited: Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, customer service areas, common areas, swimming beaches, pools, municipal parks, playgrounds, and municipal facilities.; buffer distance: six (6) metres; vaping included: True; cannabis included: True. Source: Smoking Regulation Bylaw No. 4607, 2009, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000156",
 "municipality": "West Vancouver",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://westvancouver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Smoking Regulation Bylaw No. 4607, 2009",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-07-27",
   "document_url": "https://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/media/documents/4607%20SMOKING%20REGULATION%20BYLAW%204607%202009%20%28CONSOLIDATED%20UP%20TO%20AMENDMENT%20BYLAW%204984%202018%29.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans smoking on swimming beaches, in/near pools, municipal parks and playgrounds, skateboard parks, and within 6 metres of building doorways/air intakes.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "a4d2a7aee36fa55dc85450b46e2ad74ec6a67e1889e9076b836b10943bb96bb9",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a4d2a7aee36fa55dc85450b46e2ad74ec6a67e1889e9076b836b10943bb96bb9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Buildings, vehicles for hire, public transit, customer service areas, common areas, swimming beaches, pools, municipal parks, playgrounds, and municipal facilities.",
    "buffer_distance": "six (6) metres",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "cannabis_included": true,
    "fine_range": "fine not exceeding $10,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 5.1, 5.2",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 5.1.8",
    "vaping_included": "s. 4.1",
    "cannabis_included": "s. 4.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/west-vancouver/smoking-vaping/text-a4d2a7aee36f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/west-vancouver/smoking-vaping/"
}