{
 "answer": "In the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where prohibited: City buildings, public places, enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, parkland, children's playgrounds, sporting areas, community recreational facilities, restaurant/bar patios, hospital site, Hub Trail, Algoma Public Health site; buffer distance: 9 metre radius from City Building entrance/exit (s. 3.1); 20 metres from children's playgrounds (s. 3.6); 20 metres from sporting areas (s. 3.7); 20 metres from community recreational facilities (s. 3.8); 9 metre radius from restaurant/bar patios (s. 3.9); 15 metres from Roberta Bondar Pavilion (s. 3.10); 9 metre radius from hospital site (s. 3.11); 9 metre radius from Algoma Public Health site (s. 3.13); vaping included: True; cannabis included: True. Source: Smoking By-law 2019-200 (consolidated to June 14, 2021), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001738",
 "municipality": "Sault Ste. Marie",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://saultstemarie.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Smoking By-law 2019-200 (consolidated to June 14, 2021)",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-10-22",
   "document_url": "https://saultstemarie.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2019-200-City-Smoking.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates smoking and consumption of tobacco, cannabis and electronic cigarettes in public places, enclosed workplaces and City-owned buildings across Sault Ste. Marie.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "31a8343cefccdad5a15e77900de65748a7663357eb4ff575bb141caa1dbfbc92",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/31a8343cefccdad5a15e77900de65748a7663357eb4ff575bb141caa1dbfbc92.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "City buildings, public places, enclosed public places, enclosed workplaces, parkland, children's playgrounds, sporting areas, community recreational facilities, restaurant/bar patios, hospital site, Hub Trail, Algoma Public Health site",
    "buffer_distance": "9 metre radius from City Building entrance/exit (s. 3.1); 20 metres from children's playgrounds (s. 3.6); 20 metres from sporting areas (s. 3.7); 20 metres from community recreational facilities (s. 3.8); 9 metre radius from restaurant/bar patios (s. 3.9); 15 metres from Roberta Bondar Pavilion (s. 3.10); 9 metre radius from hospital site (s. 3.11); 9 metre radius from Algoma Public Health site (s. 3.13)",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "cannabis_included": true,
    "fine_range": "$250.00 for most smoking/vaping offences; $300.00 for proprietor signage/ashtray failures (Schedule \"D\")"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 3.1–3.13",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 3.1, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.13",
    "vaping_included": "s. 1.20 \"Smoke/Vape or Smoking/Vaping includes\"",
    "cannabis_included": "s. 2.1(b) \"cannabis\"",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"D\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/sault-ste-marie/smoking-vaping/text-31a8343cefcc/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/sault-ste-marie/smoking-vaping/"
}