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Bill: New Tobacco Regulations
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secular Humanist party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2442
Description[?]:
| In consistency with our permissive laws on narcotic substances, we propose to remove regulations on the sale of tobacco. It is the parent's responsibility to control what their children buy, not ours. Likewise, we propose to remove government regulations on the use of tobacco, as we believe it should be the responsibility of the property owner to decide whether or not to allow smoking, not ours. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Current: Smoking is prohibited.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, and is legal in government-owned buildings.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Current: The sale of tobacco products is prohibited.
Proposed: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:12:05, August 13, 2007 CET | From | New Telamon Party | To | Debating the New Tobacco Regulations |
| Message | Permissiveness is one thing, but most 10 year olds can not make an informed choice on a product that has been conclusively proven to cause serious health problems. The New Telemon Party will not support this bill. |
| Date | 07:06:30, August 14, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the New Tobacco Regulations |
| Message | It is not about their abiility to make an informed choice, or not. It is the parent's responsibility to watch their own child, not ours. At present, children who want to smoke will simply convince an older friend to buy cigarettes for them anyway. The current policy is only an illusion. It prevents nothing, and is a waste of time. |
| Date | 23:05:11, August 14, 2007 CET | From | Regional Acronym Political Establishment | To | Debating the New Tobacco Regulations |
| Message | This legislation doesn't go far enough. Not only should smoking be allowed, it should be encouraged or perhaps even mandatory. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 229 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 88 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature." - George W. Bush |