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Bill: Addictive Substance Regulation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Progressive (IP)
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: November 4038
Description[?]:
| Thousands of people die every year from smoking. Even more are exposed to it's harmful substances and can get cancer and many other diseases. In regards to public health we much regulate this harmful substance. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Regulation of advertising of substances classified as addictive and harmful (if general advertising by companies is permitted and sale of the addictive/harmful products is allowed).
Old value:: Advertising is legal and unregulated.
Current: Advertising is banned.
Proposed: Advertising is restricted and has to carry strong warning messages.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, but is illegal in government-owned buildings.
Current: Smoking is prohibited.
Proposed: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Current: The sale of tobacco products is prohibited.
Proposed: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:19:06, June 03, 2016 CET | From | Oberoende Alternativ (OA) | To | Debating the Addictive Substance Regulation Bill |
| Message | "Mr. Speaker, Article 1 is a violation of free speech, article 2 is a violation of freedom of association, and article 3 is a violation of freedom of deciding what goes into your own body. This is an authoritarian bill." - Henrik Oberling Statsminister of Telamon |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 60 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 40 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "Wherever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship." - Harry S. Truman |