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A proposed ban on the public consumption of cannabis received tentative approval from a council committee Tuesday, with councillors also calling on the province to clarify how pot revenues will be shared with municipalities.

Committee members voted unanimously in favour of the proposed restrictions, largely leaving cannabis users without anywhere to smoke, vape or consume the drug outside of their own homes.

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Medical cannabis users are exempt from the ban, which still must go to a full meeting of council Thursday for final approval.

“I’d like to have the regulations more restrictive in the beginning,” said committee chair Coun. Diane Colley-Urquhart.

“We have to monitor this really, really closely, in my view, from a public health perspective.”

Councillors also called on Mayor Naheed Nenshi to urge the provincial and federal governments to explain how tax revenue from sales of legalized cannabis will be shared with cities to help offset the costs of enforcement and regulation.