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Bill: Tobacco Law Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Apathetic Sort-of-Federation
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 2181
Description[?]:
| The government has no place setting restrictive tobacco laws: it interferes with freedom of commerce and with the right to one's body. |
Proposals
Article 1
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: There are no regulations on the sale of tobacco.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:20:12, February 04, 2006 CET | From | Red Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Law Reform |
| Message | Tobacco should remain out of the hands of our children. Also, by limiting the age in which people can start to smoke, we will be prolonging people's lives and reducing health care costs. |
| Date | 11:51:40, February 04, 2006 CET | From | Royal Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Law Reform |
| Message | We oppose |
| Date | 18:45:32, February 04, 2006 CET | From | Bodhist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Law Reform |
| Message | We have already introduced this proposal in one of our bills. However, we will vote in support of this bill and remove the provision from our other one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 168 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 174 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 158 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "Casting a vote shouldn't make you sick." - Ronnie Dugger |