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Bill: Smoking and Tobacco Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bürgerlichen Soziale 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: January 3058
Description[?]:
| We should not tolerate smoking or tobacco products at all. It is horrible to the health of the citizens which regularly smoke, which for their health, we, the government, should step in and save them from this drug. Not adding hundreds of thousands of people die from second hand smoking alone. We must protect our citizens, therefore setting this probation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
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 prohibited.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: The sale of tobacco products is prohibited.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:36:36, January 08, 2011 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Smoking and Tobacco Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We are strongly in favour of discouraging cigarettes and tobacco-smoking, but prohibition isn't the way. As well as the civil liberties implications, there is the risk of opening up a massive black market which would fuel organised crime in Dorvik. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes |
Total Seats: 180 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 274 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 46 |
| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
| Random quote: "Politics is all about compromises and negotiations, nothing more, nothing less." - Augusto Amadeo, former Istalian politician |