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H2: The NC Smoking Ban in the House
 
5:15
Twitterbinker -  Fair warning: When the House begins debating H2, the smoking ban, my twitter feed is going to pick up for a bit.
5:15
Twitterbinker -  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
Twitterbinker -  #NCGA: 5:25 p.m. Debate in the NC House on H2, the smoking ban, has begun.
5:25
Twitterryanbeckwith -  Rep. Holliman introducing smoking ban now. #NCGA
5:25
Twitterbinker -  #NCGA: Rep. Hugh Holliman on smoking bill: “It is primarily a bill about the health of North Carolinians.”
5:26
Twitterbinker -  Holliman: “Every time person breaths in second-hand smoke, they are breathing in 50 known carcinogens.”
5:26
TwitterJosh_Ellis -  Rep. Holliman: “Being exposed to second hand smoke for five minutes is the same as smoking a cigarette.”
5:27
Twitterbinker -  Audio from the House floor: http://ncleg.net/Audio/Audio.html
5:28
Twitterbinker -  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
Twitterbinker -  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
Twitterbinker -  Now speaking: Rep. Jennifer Weiss: http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=198
5:30
Twitterbinker -  Weiss: recalls showing up for first day as a legislator and encountering clouds of smoke.
5:30
Twitterbinker -  Weiss: “I returned from my first day of work smelling like I’d been bar hopping.”
5:32
TwitterJosh_Ellis -  Rep. Glazier: Tobacco costs more than $2.4 billion each year in NC
5:33
Twitterbinker -  Rep. Rick Glazier “Smoke free policies safe health care costs." Estimates smoking costs in NC at between $2B and $4 billion.
5:33
Twitterbinker -  Rep. Rick Glazier: “There is no credible study … that shows smoke free policies will hurt businesses.”
5:34
Twitterbinker -  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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