Smoking regulations are now entirely in the territory's hands.

At Monday evening's city council meeting, members voted in favour of repealing the city's smoking bylaw.

The bylaw, which banned smoking in all public places, was adopted in 2003 amid controversy over the public's right to smoke in private businesses.

It was followed by a number of court challenges that enforced the city's right to ban smoking in public places.

Last year, the Yukon government adopted similar legislation for the entire territory, essentially banning smoking in all public places throughout the Yukon along with other regulations around tobacco products.

With that in mind, city staff brought forward a bylaw earlier this year to repeal with municipal bylaw.

Third reading of the bylaw was adopted with no discussion on the matter on Monday.

However, councillors stressed earlier that repealing the bylaw didn't mean Whitehorse residents could start lighting up again or ashtrays could make their way to the tables at bars.

Rather, this would simply get the bylaw out of the way as the territory's Smoke Free Places Act is in effect.

As the bylaw states, the Yukon government passed its own legislation and has hired an enforcement officer to handle it.

"Whereas it is deemed desirable that all smoking infractions in the City of Whitehorse be dealt with under the new legislation from the senior government,” it's noted in the repeal bylaw before noting that the city bylaw is now repealed.

While the bylaw has been repealed, city bylaw manager John Taylor indicated earlier that the city will pass on any reports to the Yukon government that come into it about smoking.