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Bill: Freedom to Smoke Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solentian Corporate Communist 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: May 2124
Description[?]:
| It is agreed that adults may smoke in public. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in places of employment, with the exception of places that primarily serve liquor.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, but is illegal in government-owned buildings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:35:30, October 07, 2005 CET | From |  New Hosengott Party | To | Debating the Freedom to Smoke Act |
| Message | I disagree. Smoking in public locations is a health risk. We just don't want to have to deal with more people comming into are medical system because of smoking related diseases, and then on top of that they've never smoked. Second hand smoke kills almost as much as normal smoking does, and it's not even there fault. So the New Hosengott Party does not support this in the least. |
| Date | 19:05:53, October 07, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Corporate Communist Party | To | Debating the Freedom to Smoke Act |
| Message | Our statistics show second hand smoke doesn't kill as much as normal smoking. We also are perplexed as to how people couldn't be allowed to smoke just walking on the streets... Certainly this freedom should be allowed. |
| Date | 18:40:49, October 10, 2005 CET | From | Patriot Conservative | To | Debating the Freedom to Smoke Act |
| Message | Second hand smoke can be a problem. |
| Date | 23:27:33, October 10, 2005 CET | From | United Centrists | To | Debating the Freedom to Smoke Act |
| Message | We agree that second hand smoke is a problem, but do not believe that it is as dangerous normal smoking. Though we originally proposed not allowing citizens to smoke in public, we may have been a tad bit strict. Perhaps eventually we will be able to designate certain public areas as free from smoking, but until then we will support the SCCP's proposal. |
| Date | 23:31:14, October 10, 2005 CET | From | National Socialists | To | Debating the Freedom to Smoke Act |
| Message | We think the United Centrists hit the nail on the head with designating public areas to be smoke-free, the options of this proposal are quite limited by design. This is why we voted yes as a sign of support. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 650 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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