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Bill: Tobacco Act of 2184
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Imperial Hobrazian Front
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: February 2186
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS it is an infringement upon the citizens' rights to their own bodies to ban smokable tobacco, the manufacturing, selling, and consumption of said products will not be disrupted by the Republic. Consumption of tobacco is legal outdoors, as the property of diffusion will cause the harmful smoke to dissipate quickly. Also, tobacco use may be legal in pubs and in private residences. However, caregivers who repeatedly expose minors to harmful second-hand smoke may be accountable for negligence. Tobacco is free from the Watchdog group that oversees recreational drug use, but tobacco companies must always label their products detailing the dangers of consumption. Also, tobacco companies must dedicate 5% of their profits to programs either explaining the dangers of their products or to helping smokers quit. An additional 5% of profits must be given to the NHS to help cover increased operating costs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is prohibited.
Current: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Proposed: 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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:13:21, February 13, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Act of 2184 |
| Message | "Consumption of tobacco is legal outdoors, as the property of diffusion will cause the harmful smoke to dissipate quickly." - Incorrect. Though the smoke will diffuse into the atmosphere quicker than within a contained space (i.e. an office) the actual concentration of smoke within upto 3m of the smoker is still 75% of that within a confined space. If that is then multiplied by multiple smokers in any given area than the amount of smoke would still be extremely harmful to any non-smokers nearby. |
| Date | 22:16:01, February 13, 2006 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Act of 2184 |
| Message | "Based on these measurements, which involve a single ring of cigarettes or smokers, the smoke levels do not approach background levels for fine particles or carcinogens until about 7 meters or 23 feet from the source, which is likely to be the smoke from no more than 1 or 2 smokers. Greater numbers of smokers in the area could lead to higher concentrations. because a crowd of smokers constitute an area source, whose plumes may overlap downwind, potentially causing smoke concentrations to increase locally before dissipating at greater distances. Secondhand smoke causes a number of acute symptoms (eye, nose, and throat irritation, headaches, dizziness, and nausea) and chronic diseases (lung and nasal sinus cancer and heart disease). Students or faculty passing through the cloud of smoke would encounter detectable levels at about 7 meters (23 feet) from a smoker, and irritating levels at 4 meters (13 feet). Moreover, smokers in proximity to a doorway as persons enter or depart, may result in smoke being inducted into the building, posing a chronic threat as well as an acute one, to building occupants." http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:wKUEt04lY2IJ:www.repace.com/pdf/outdoorair.pdf+diffusion+of+cigarette+smoke+outside&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=5&client=firefox-a |
| Date | 02:52:02, February 14, 2006 CET | From | National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Tobacco Act of 2184 |
| Message | "Secondhand smoke causes a number of acute symptoms (eye, nose, and throat irritation, headaches, dizziness, and nausea) and chronic diseases (lung and nasal sinus cancer and heart disease)." Yea, for pussies. QED. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 65 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 221 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 114 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |