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Bill: Smoker's Freedom Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Sojuz Ljudej (People's Union)
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: August 2123
Description[?]:
| Trying once again to change the laws on smoking |
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 everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
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 | 03:06:08, October 08, 2005 CET | From |  Liberty Party | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | Agreed |
| Date | 03:20:19, October 08, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | Against. |
| Date | 05:19:08, October 09, 2005 CET | From | People's Equality Party Of Trigunia | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | I guess you're only liberal when it's convienient to you, huh SLP? |
| Date | 09:36:39, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | What doy mean exactly ? May be PEPOT is a bit worried about the possible outcome. We invite you to look at out voting record. You'll see our voting behaviour is accordingly. The SLP is a liberal and a social party. May be this causes some confusion. On this smoking business for instance we will vote no because it dangers directly the health of others in public places and the impact on one's personal freedom is greatly. Because of smoking in the post office customers might leave. We can't have that can we. Besides that the smokers are a minority so..... The SLP has voted against this proposal before and before that and we will do so in future. Very consistent would't you say ? |
| Date | 14:39:25, October 09, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | Non smokers have the right not to be affected and damaged by smokers |
| Date | 02:55:04, October 10, 2005 CET | From | People's Equality Party Of Trigunia | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | That's not very liberal thinking. If you we're a liberal, and social, you would recognize that smokers' have rights too, and should be able to do anything they want with their bodies anywhere they want. Non smokers have the right not be affected yes, and they can express that right by not being near a person who smokes. If individual establisment owners want to ban smoking in their place of business, thats fine, but it should not be the goverment's job to do so. |
| Date | 05:06:54, October 10, 2005 CET | From | Partiya Natsional'noy Gordyy | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | Smokers do have rights. However, in public places they are limited. The rights of the non smokers are more important. Smokers of course can smoke outside the public building of course. In our view this is a task of the government to enforce beause it is related to public offices. |
| Date | 05:35:16, October 10, 2005 CET | From | Liberty Party | To | Debating the Smoker's Freedom Act |
| Message | Smoking outside the public building means you are in a public location which is currently banned. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 255 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 300 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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