Richmond Council votes to ban vaping advertising on city property

The first possible case of vaping-related illness has been discovered in B.C. The Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry says there are several other investigations underway that may also meet the definition of “probable or confirmed” vaping-related illness in the near future. David Zura explains.

RICHMOND (NEWS 1130) – The City of Richmond is following through with a ban on vaping-related advertisements on city property.

Mayor Malcolm Brodie was in full support of a motion calling for the change at the council’s meeting on Tuesday night.

“This vaping situation has come along very quickly,” he said. “You just have to look at the news to see the kinds of dangers that people are running.”

Brodie says as the health concerns surrounding vaping increases, the city has to step in and discourage that type of advertising.

“I don’t think the city wants to have bus shelters that have this type of advertising in it, so I’ll be supporting this.”

It means vaping-related advertisements will not be allowed on sites and property the city owns, or has control over, including transit shelters and benches.

The motion passed unanimously.

 

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