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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.”

5:28

binker - Opponents to the bill will argue that it violates the rights of property owners or business owners to decide how best to use their property.

5:30

binker - Now speaking: Rep. Jennifer Weiss: http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=198

5:30

binker - Weiss: recalls showing up for first day as a legislator and encountering clouds of smoke.

5:30

binker - Weiss: “I returned from my first day of work smelling like I’d been bar hopping.”

5:32

Josh_Ellis - Rep. Glazier: Tobacco costs more than $2.4 billion each year in NC

5:33

binker - Rep. Rick Glazier “Smoke free policies safe health care costs." Estimates smoking costs in NC at between $2B and $4 billion.

5:33

binker - Rep. Rick Glazier: “There is no credible study … that shows smoke free policies will hurt businesses.”

5:34

binker - RT @beetweets I'm so hoping that stuff sinks in -- would be great to have smoke-free dining and bars in NC!

5:35	[Comment From dan crawford] i hope you get paid by the hour, this might take a while

5:35	[Comment From Guest] video available anywhere Mark?

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