Canadian PressPublished: Saturday, November 04, 2006
PENTICTON -- B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell has announced his government will take steps to ban smoking in most public places.
Campbell says smoking will be prohibited in all indoor public spaces by 2008. And he says there will be no smoking on all school property, both public and private, hopefully by next September. Campbell made the announcement in a speech to members of his ruling Liberal Party, who are meeting in Penticton this weekend.He told delegates the time has come to put an end to smoking in indoor public places.The measures echo the latest wave of smoking restrictions in other provinces, notably Quebec and Ontario, which have banned smoking in most public places.Last June 1, smoking became illegal in Quebec restaurants, bars, private clubs, bingo halls and casinos, along with all other facilities open to the public. The Quebec law also forbids smokers from lighting up within nine metres of any doorway leading to a health or social services institution, college, university or child-care facility. In May, the Smoke-Free Ontario Act prohibited smoking in all workplaces and enclosed spaces open to the public. The Ontario law also bars smoking on patios with roofs.
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