{
 "answer": "In the Town of Hearst, Ontario, where prohibited: Within 9 metres of entranceways of municipally-owned buildings (listed in schedule); buffer distance: nine (9) meters of any entranceway; vaping included: True. Source: By-law No. 44-16 (Smoking/Vaping), as amended by By-law 64-19, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001553",
 "municipality": "Hearst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.hearst.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 44-16 (Smoking/Vaping), as amended by By-law 64-19",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-05-10",
   "document_url": "http://www.hearst.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/By-law-No.-44-16.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits smoking or vaping within 9 metres of any entranceway to a municipally-owned building (recreation centre, town hall, fire hall, airport, arena, etc.), enforced with mandatory No Smoking/No Vaping signage.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "683c41787ca7020519c5822c1bd31f03e6c05e161db0c62df47895882f172d67",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/683c41787ca7020519c5822c1bd31f03e6c05e161db0c62df47895882f172d67.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Within 9 metres of entranceways of municipally-owned buildings (listed in schedule)",
    "buffer_distance": "nine (9) meters of any entranceway",
    "vaping_included": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 3.1",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 3.1",
    "vaping_included": "s. 1.1 \"No Smoking/No Vaping Sign\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hearst/smoking-vaping/text-683c41787ca7/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hearst/smoking-vaping/"
}