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Bill: smoking restriction
Details
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 2043
Description[?]:
| this bill proposes to make smoking banned from public places due to the health risks that we have been warned about over the years. smoking is a danger not only to the smoker itself but to people around him/her due to passive smoking. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, and is legal in government-owned buildings.
Current:
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Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the smoking restriction |
| Message | The Shylock Party favours the banning of smoking altogether, given its inherent economic drain to productivity and on our medical system. However, the Shylock Party is willing to support this, as a phased step towards a total ban. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the smoking restriction |
| Message | The CCF does nto favour criminalizing individual behaviour, no matter how self-destructive. However, we would support this bill as a means to protect human health. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Chorus of Amyst | To | Debating the smoking restriction |
| Message | The Council supports such a proposal for health related reasons. |
| Date | not recorded | From | CNT/AFL | To | Debating the smoking restriction |
| Message | The LSU supports this bill as smoking in public places could lead to the detriment of innocents' health. We do not support a complete ban on cigarettes, however, we are behind a society where a multi-billion dollar tabacco industry, and a powerful lobby did not exist. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 65 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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