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5:15

binker - Fair warning: When the House begins debating H2, the smoking ban, my twitter feed is going to pick up for a bit.

5:15

binker - Smoking Ban Cover It Live event: http://blog.news-record.com/staff/capblog/archives/2009/04/smoking_ban.shtml

5:22	[Comment From Mark Binker] 5:20 p.m. We're still hearing the House honor former member John Walter Brown. We expect H2 debate within the hour.

5:24

binker - #NCGA: 5:25 p.m. Debate in the NC House on H2, the smoking ban, has begun.

5:25

ryanbeckwith - Rep. Holliman introducing smoking ban now. #NCGA

5:25

binker - #NCGA: Rep. Hugh Holliman on smoking bill: “It is primarily a bill about the health of North Carolinians.”

5:26

binker - Holliman: “Every time person breaths in second-hand smoke, they are breathing in 50 known carcinogens.”

5:26

Josh_Ellis - Rep. Holliman: “Being exposed to second hand smoke for five minutes is the same as smoking a cigarette.”

5:27

binker - Audio from the House floor: http://ncleg.net/Audio/Audio.html

5:28

binker - Holliman: “This bill is not about personal property or business rights, it’s about the right of north Carolinians to breath clean air.”

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