{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of West Nipissing, Ontario, where prohibited: Workplaces; public places; within 9m of entranceways/exits; designated smoke-free properties; within 20m of playgrounds and sports areas; buffer distance: nine (9) metre radius of any entranceway or exit; 20 meter radius (65 feet) of Playground/Play Area and Sports Area; vaping included: True; fines: set fine $150.00 per offence; maximum $5,000.00 upon conviction. Source: Smoking By-Law 2019/09, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001821",
 "municipality": "West Nipissing",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "smoking_vaping",
 "label": "Smoking & vaping",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.westnipissing.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Smoking By-Law 2019/09",
   "category": "smoking_vaping",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-02-19",
   "document_url": "https://www.westnipissing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2019-09-Smoking-By-Law-CONSOLIDATION-FINAL-_-Feb-19-2019.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits smoking and vaping of tobacco or vapour products in any workplace and in any municipally owned or leased public place in West Nipissing, whether or not a No Smoking/No Vaping sign is posted. No person may smoke or vape within a nine (9) metre radius of any entranceway or exit to a public place, or within a 20 metre",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "704eb45f4d59e85f539c5347a8713632ae4a3585f7623319384e7baa7160858c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/704eb45f4d59e85f539c5347a8713632ae4a3585f7623319384e7baa7160858c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "where_prohibited": "Workplaces; public places; within 9m of entranceways/exits; designated smoke-free properties; within 20m of playgrounds and sports areas",
    "buffer_distance": "nine (9) metre radius of any entranceway or exit; 20 meter radius (65 feet) of Playground/Play Area and Sports Area",
    "vaping_included": true,
    "fine_range": "set fine $150.00 per offence; maximum $5,000.00 upon conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "where_prohibited": "s. 2.1, s. 3.1, s. 3.3, s. 3.4, s. 3.5",
    "buffer_distance": "s. 3.1; s. 3.4; s. 3.5",
    "vaping_included": "s. 1.14; \"BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE SMOKING AND/OR VAPING\"",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 6.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/west-nipissing/smoking-vaping/text-704eb45f4d59/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/west-nipissing/smoking-vaping/"
}