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Bill: Smoking act 4268
Details
Submitted by[?]: Gaduridos Conservative 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: June 4269
Description[?]:
| a bill to change the smoking laws in our nation. This bill will help more people quit or cut down and ensure easily lured teens and children don't take up the killer habit. Please note this bill isn't forcing people to quit it is just encouraging them to do so. Article 4: Menthol cigarettes will be banned from 4270 if this bill is passed. Article 5: Flavoured cigarettes will be banned from 4270 if this bill is passed. Article 6: Cigarette companies will now be limited to 20 cigarettes a pack, any more will be unlawful if this bill is passed. Article 7: The colourful Branding on cigarette packs should be locked inside a plain cupboard behind the counter. Article 8: Cigarette packs must be 65% warnings and the rest can be branded. Article 9: Cigarette packs must not appeal to children and if a company is explicitly targeting children or teens on their packs then a fine of 1 million should be given. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
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.
Article 2
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 restricted and has to carry strong warning messages.
Current: Advertising is restricted and has to carry strong warning messages.
Proposed: Advertising is banned.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Sale of tobacco products.
Old value:: Only adults may purchase tobacco.
Current: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Proposed: There are certain restrictions on the sale of tobacco and only adults may purchase tobacco.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:30:21, September 07, 2017 CET | From | Hosian Civic Union | To | Debating the Smoking act 4268 |
| Message | A noble bill. If you were to change it so that the packaging was 100% warning and no branding then we would definitely support. |
| Date | 19:47:02, September 07, 2017 CET | From | Gaduridos Conservative Party | To | Debating the Smoking act 4268 |
| Message | Good mourning ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate that this document is long and certainly controversial in some people's eyes. However the issue of smoking related diseases and second hand smoking is ever present in our country. It is the working class that is being hurt the most by smoking. And it's not just themselves but also the others around them that are being effected. I don't want smoking banned, I don't want to force people into quitting, this bill isn't that at all. I want smokers to be considerate of others and light up somewhere else, like outside. It's ridiculous that in this day and age, in this age of such advanced tech that we still live our lives completely oblivious to the dangers. This bill tackles everything that brings in new smokers, it tackles the cool, often edgy look cigarettes have that appeal to kids and teens. It tackles the flavours people favour more than others and brings smokers of all into one category which is smoking. Smoking is smoking in my eyes it still kills, and often it will kill you off faster and worse than ordinary cigarettes. It tackles the advertising problem we have were people are lured in and hooked by a smoking superstar or pop singer. I strongly believe that smoking can't grip Gaduridos like this and if it does more will die and more will suffer. I have here a set of predictions, which I can read for the house now, "if this revolutionary bill passes now, over time 45% of cigarette smokers will quit." Now that came from a top scientist based in Gadur! I must now leave you on one shocking statistic, "if this bill is rejected and the 53% of Gaduridans who smoke continue to do so at the right they are smoking and were they are smoking 37% of children born today will have died due to second hand smoke by 4290. I urge everyone to think about these stats when they vote on this later. Thank you. |
| Date | 19:49:04, September 07, 2017 CET | From | Gaduridos Conservative Party | To | Debating the Smoking act 4268 |
| Message | I would like to inform the United Party for Progress that we will table another bill after this when smoking numbers are reduced, believe me, this is just part one. I hope that the United Party for progress will support? |
| Date | 19:57:33, September 07, 2017 CET | From | Hosian Civic Union | To | Debating the Smoking act 4268 |
| Message | *A couple of standing ovations from members of the UPP* Hear, hear. I would like to inform the honourable gentleman that this bill is one of the best we have seen in a long time and we will be definitely voting in favour. We would support any further parts to the this radical anti-smoking campaign and would like to see it extended further into areas such as drugs and so on. If just half the smokers were to quit the amount we would need to spend on healthcare would decrease vastly. Antonio Zito UPP Caucus Leader |
| Date | 07:24:10, September 08, 2017 CET | From | Go Gaduridos! [PAG] | To | Debating the Smoking act 4268 |
| Message | While we don't support the complete advertising ban, we do support most other parts of this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 500 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Alduria, Rildanor and Lourenne all have Canrilaise (French) cultures. |
| Random quote: "Politics is the art of the possible." - Otto von Bismarck |