Holliman bill would tightly limit smoking

Publication Date: 2007-03-10

• Author:James Romoser
• Publication:Winston-Salem (NC) Journal

A bill making its way through the state legislature would enact broad restrictions on indoor smoking across North Carolina. It would ban smoking in restaurants, offices and public buildings. And yes, maybe even inside the Winston-Salem headquarters of the nation's second-largest tobacco company, Reynolds American Inc.

Rep. Hugh Holliman, D-Davidson, is the bill's chief sponsor, and he said that it is aimed at limiting the effects of secondhand smoke.

"I just think there's a lot of workplaces where people need protecting, and also there's a lot of public places where the public would like to be smoke-free," said Holliman, who is the majority leader in the N.C. House of Representatives.