Smoking cannabis and vaping may soon be banned from almost all public places in Greater Victoria.

A Capital Regional District committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a proposal to add cannabis and e-cigarettes to the clean air bylaw that already bans tobacco smoking in parks, within seven metres of buildings and in other public spaces.

Dr. Richard Stanwick, the chief medical health officer for Island Health, said the expanded bylaw is needed to give consistency to provincial regulations on cannabis and