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Bill: Smoking Allowance Act
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: October 2242
Description[?]:
| SINCE the ban on smoking is a hindrance upon personal liberties, we propose that it should be legalized. However, since second-hand smoke has repeatedly been shown to produce medical problems, there should be numerous regulations upon the use of cigarettes and cigars. PROVISION 1: Smoking may be legal outdoors so long as it is further than 20 meters from the entrances of government buildings, schools (excluding collegiate campuses), nurseries, and places of employment (excluding establishments that primarily serve alcohol). PROVISION 2: Smoking is permitted at the discretion of bar owners. However, they must provide a sectioned off area such that those not wishing to smoke may not be brought into contact with second-hand smoke. PROVISION 3: 10% of all profits garnered by the sale of cigarettes, cigarillos, bidis, cigars, and other misc. smoking products- excluding marijuana and hashish- must be surrendered to the Republic to offset increased strain on the nation's health institutions. |
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:
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 45 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 153 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 202 |
| Random fact: In order for a Cabinet bill to pass, more than half of the legislature must vote for it and all of the parties included in the proposed Cabinet must support it. If your nation has a Head of State who is also the Head of Government, then the party controlling this character must also vote for the bill, since the Head of Government is also a member of the Cabinet. If any of these requirements are not met, the bill will not pass. |
| Random quote: "You will win, but you will not convince. You will win, because you possess more than enough brute force, but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And in order to persuade you would need what you lack, reason and right in the struggle." - Miguel de Unamuno |