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Bill: Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Social Democratic Republicans
Status[?]: defeated
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: November 2659
Description[?]:
| To ban smoking inside all public buildings to promote public health. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
Current: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Proposed: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:59:21, November 01, 2008 CET | From |  帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659) |
| Message | We are against. The current law balances both smokers and non-smokers rights. |
| Date | 23:22:40, November 01, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Social Democratic Republicans | To | Debating the Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659) |
| Message | Separate non-smoking sections still harm non-smokers. |
| Date | 00:01:26, November 02, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659) |
| Message | No they don\'t. Nothing more then propoganda by the anti-smoking morality crusade. |
| Date | 11:14:38, November 02, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659) |
| Message | You\'re in the pocket of the tobacco companies, and we all know it. |
| Date | 21:51:57, November 02, 2008 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659) |
| Message | OOC: No, no, no, see it\'s the opposite with the DSP, instead of being influenced by companies, we influence companies, primarily by either fully owning or owning large amounts of stock in them. :P |
| Date | 02:56:33, November 03, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the Reasonable Indoor Public Smoking Ban Act (2659) |
| Message | [[i.e., you\'re in the pocket of the tobacco comapnies. =þ ]] |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 220 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 345 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 35 |
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