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Bill: Tobacco Sale Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solentian Global Justice Party
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: April 2142
Description[?]:
| Tobacco should be illegal. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco products but everyone is allowed to buy them.
Proposed: The sale of tobacco products is prohibited.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:56:56, November 15, 2005 CET | From | United Centrists | To | Debating the Tobacco Sale Act |
| Message | Though tobacco is undoubtedly unhealthy, we believe that prohibiting it has the potential to cause problems. Out of desperation, many buyers may turn to illegal means in order to purchase tobacco products, thus creating a black market demand where it did not previously exist. |
| Date | 13:26:27, November 16, 2005 CET | From | Solentian Global Justice Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Sale Act |
| Message | What's better, a black market, or the government openly condoning a cancer-causing disease in our nation? |
| Date | 13:58:53, November 16, 2005 CET | From | National Socialists | To | Debating the Tobacco Sale Act |
| Message | I like a good cigar every now and then. |
| Date | 06:43:35, November 17, 2005 CET | From | Ownership Federation Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Sale Act |
| Message | so UC do you think that we should just make somehting legal becuase we can't control it????? so why not legalise other drugs...... maybe other crimes.. just because we can;t control them?? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 278 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 422 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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