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Mayfair smoking ban nothing to do with CRD: officials 

A property-wide smoking ban at Mayfair Shopping Centre is well-intentioned, officials say, but not sparked by Capital Regional District bylaws.

The shopping centre has sandwich boards at mall entrances saying that under a CRD bylaw, smoking is not permitted anywhere on the shopping centre's property.

But neither the CRD bylaw nor provincial regulations prohibit tobacco smoking in parking lots, says Dianne Stevenson, Vancouver Island Health Authority regional manager of tobacco.

"The CRD bylaw itself doesn't have any restrictions as to outdoor areas other than where people are eating or drinking," she said.

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