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Bill: Acceptance of Smoking Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Labour Party
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: October 3124
Description[?]:
| Why is it that we must put down smokers as if they are bad people. They should have every right to light up where and when they want to. After all it is their lungs and they can ruin them if they want to. If others don't like it, they can leave or move away. Also how about the waterpipes like sisha, narghile, hookhah etc. They can only be smoked in a group and in social events, why should we get rid of those too? OOC: If you don't know what a sisha is. They are these big Middle Eastern pipes which you suck on and then blow out of it. It is not addictive as they don't have any nicotine in them. They actually are good in calming you down when you're angry and its a social thing too so you sit with friends and talk whilst smoking it at the same time. I should know as i have smoked it before, my friend is Egyptian and his parents run an Egyptian cafe and we have smoke it. its pretty fun and you can't get addicted to it. Also there are other customers there too drinking coffee or tea but they don't smoke and they don't mind me and others using the sisha as its normal and something they know they can put up with for a couple of minutes. |
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 legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in places of employment, with the exception of places that primarily serve liquor.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, and is legal in government-owned buildings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:01:19, May 20, 2011 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Acceptance of Smoking Act |
| Message | I don't see the problem with the current proposal. We are just saying their must a non smoking section for people who wish not to be with people smoking, due to the effects of second hand smoke. Were not saying you can't smoke here, just saying theirs the smoking section. It's out of respect for non-smokers. |
| Date | 09:11:28, May 20, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Acceptance of Smoking Act |
| Message | Then they get segregated and maybe smokers want non smokers want to talk with each other. Did you read what I said OOC? The non smokers don't mind when I smoke the sisha in the Egyptian cafe. |
| Date | 17:42:43, May 20, 2011 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Acceptance of Smoking Act |
| Message | So because of a few things they don't mind, were going to get rid of the law? |
| Date | 03:37:04, May 21, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Acceptance of Smoking Act |
| Message | Yes, smokers aren't bad people and after a while you get used to it. We can't be so restrictive on their rights. |
| Date | 09:15:07, May 21, 2011 CET | From | New Aloria Party (NAP) | To | Debating the Acceptance of Smoking Act |
| Message | Second hand smoke kills. We vote no. Call us whatever you want. |
| Date | 10:00:56, May 21, 2011 CET | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Acceptance of Smoking Act |
| Message | It's not that bad, people need to get used to it and not breathe in it all the time. (OOC: I'm speaking from experience here, both primary and secondary smoke/ first and second hand smoking call it what you want) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 375 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 266 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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