{
 "answer": "In the City of Kingston, Ontario, where prohibited: Parks, Outdoor Community Meeting Areas, Enclosed Workplaces, Enclosed Public Places, within buffer distances of Municipal Buildings and Transit Shelters; buffer distance: 9 metres of any entrance/exit of a Municipal Building or Transit Shelter; 3 metres of any entrance/exit of an Enclosed Workplace or Enclosed Public Place; vaping included: True; cannabis included: True. Source: Smoking and Vaporizing By-law, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001584",
 "municipality": "Kingston",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.cityofkingston.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Smoking and Vaporizing By-law",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-11-20",
   "document_url": "https://www.cityofkingston.ca/by-laws-and-animal-services/commonly-requested-by-laws/bylaw-library/smoking-and-vaporizing-by-law/",
   "summary": "By-law 2018-173 regulates smoking and vaporizing in public places and enclosed workplaces in the City of Kingston.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "e58f9e94b540b56fc8863ec52f8456eaec1b0a070184bc545e7a8b78c0cc867d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e58f9e94b540b56fc8863ec52f8456eaec1b0a070184bc545e7a8b78c0cc867d.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Parks, Outdoor Community Meeting Areas, Enclosed Workplaces, Enclosed Public Places, within buffer distances of Municipal Buildings and Transit Shelters",
    "buffer_distance": "9 metres of any entrance/exit of a Municipal Building or Transit Shelter; 3 metres of any entrance/exit of an Enclosed Workplace or Enclosed Public Place",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "cannabis_included": true,
    "fine_range": "individuals: up to $10,000 first offence, $25,000 subsequent; corporations: up to $50,000 first offence, $100,000 subsequent"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.2, 4.3",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6",
    "vaping_included": "\"No Person shall Smoke or Vaporize in any Designated Public Place\"",
    "cannabis_included": "s. 2.1 \"Smoking and Vaporizing of Tobacco, Cannabis, E-Substance\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 7.1, 7.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kingston/smoking-vaping/text-e58f9e94b540/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kingston/smoking-vaping/"
}