A Lower Mainland city could become the first Canadian municipality to ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products, if one councillor gets his way.

White Rock city councillor Matt Todd says stores should either be banned from selling tobacco or be required to buy a special licence. Smokers in White Rock could be forced to buy their cigarettes elsewhere if a city councillor has his way.
"If we're really trying to provide healthy communities and healthy choices in the community, should we tolerate something that is not healthy, that is poisonous?"
Todd says he is not discouraged by the fact that cigarettes are still legal, pointing out there are other legal products that are restricted by communities.
"A lot of cities restrict second-hand stores, massage parlours, all kinds of products. My question is, can we not use the same tools, the same mechanisms, to restrict the sale of tobacco?" (pi)