Smoking banned on BC Ferries starting in 2018
NANAIMO — The days of smoking on the top deck of a ferry in B.C. are coming to an end.
Starting January 2018, all smoking on BC Ferries ships, terminals and other property is banned.
Darren Johnston, director of fleet operations, said the decision to ban tobacco, marijuana and e-cigarettes is keeping with the times and also makes designing their ships easier.
“It becomes very difficult to find a small space where you can actually have a smoking area,” he explained to NanaimoNewsNOW. Provincial regulations state there can’t be any smoking within three to six feet of any opening to inside the ferry, of which there are many. “Not completely impossible but very challenging.”