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Bill: Tobacco Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: True Valruzians
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: May 2286
Description[?]:
| We propose the following reforms. That smoking is once more allowed outside, and in pubs. It seems bizarre that an individual is allowed to smoke at home in front of their children, but it is illegal for them to smoke outside their back door, or in a pub amongst other adults who have chosen to be there. Why on earth would this be the case? Secondly, we feel the current policy with regards to the selling of tobacco does not fit our lax laws towards other drugs. Why does tobacco need additional regulations, yet "there are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies"? If adults have the ability to put any kind of substance into themselves, there is no need for additional regulations on tobacco, a drug that does not harm the working capacities of a worker, and provides a relief from stress and other anxieties. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is only allowed in private homes and clubs.
Current: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, but is illegal in government-owned buildings.
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 | 17:17:06, September 18, 2006 CET | From |  United People's Party | To | Debating the Tobacco Reform Bill |
| Message | We would support article 1 but not article 2 |
| Date | 20:11:50, September 18, 2006 CET | From | True Valruzians | To | Debating the Tobacco Reform Bill |
| Message | We shall split this Bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 258 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 242 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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