Winnipeg, MB – The City of Winnipeg is conducting public engagement to determine the level of public interest in banning smoking on outdoor patios at bars and restaurants. Winnipeggers are invited to provide input via an online survey, available until September 26, 2017.
On June 12, 2017, the Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks directed the Public Service to review practices in other Canadian municipalities to regulate smoking on outdoor patios at bars and restaurants, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, water pipes, hookahs, and other similar products/devices that produce second hand smoke, and to conduct public engagement to gather input on changes to smoking on outdoor patios at bars and restaurants.
In addition to the online survey, the City is conducting a telephone survey with 600 randomly selected Winnipeggers to measure public opinion. The City is also meeting with key stakeholders and reviewing practices in other jurisdictions to see what’s been done in other cities to regulate smoking on outdoor patios at bars and restaurants.
Once this review and the stakeholder and public engagement process is complete, the Public Service will provide a report to committee with recommendations on how to proceed with regulating smoking on outdoor patios based on the public’s feedback and the cross-jurisdictional study.
For more information, please visit winnipeg.ca/patiosmokingreview.