{
 "answer": "In the County municipality of Victoria, Nova Scotia, smoking & vaping rules are set by By-Law Respecting Smoking (Non-Smoking By-Law), verified 2026-09-27. Fines: not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more that ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00); $50 within 14 days to avoid prosecution. Buffer distance: within a radius of 5 metres (15 feet) of any public entrance or air intake.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003165",
 "municipality": "Victoria",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://victoriacounty.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law Respecting Smoking (Non-Smoking By-Law)",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-11-18",
   "document_url": "https://victoriacounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Smoking-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Bans smoking in public places and places open to the public county-wide (restaurants, stores, drinking establishments, arenas, malls, school buses) and within 5m of any public entrance or air intake; predates vaping/e-cigarette wording.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "6bf4c72afb1382fb1c74c0868f37e5cc308c4dea30b9a96f60fdc9f2c1ee236d",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6bf4c72afb1382fb1c74c0868f37e5cc308c4dea30b9a96f60fdc9f2c1ee236d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Public places/open to public, including drinking establishments, restaurants, stores, commercial premises, arenas, bowling alleys, pool halls, malls, service counters/lines, elevators, public transportation facilities/vehicles (except taxis), rest rooms, school buses.",
    "buffer_distance": "within a radius of 5 metres (15 feet) of any public entrance or air intake",
    "fine_range": "not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not more that ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00); $50 within 14 days to avoid prosecution"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 5",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 5(3)",
    "fine_range": "s. 9; s. 11"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/victoria/smoking-vaping/by-law-respecting-smoking/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/victoria/smoking-vaping/"
}