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Lawmakers postpone smoking ban debate 

A deeply divided House-Senate committee Tuesday put off action on indoor smoking ban legislation until after the April 22 primary.

The six members of the conference committee are charged with crafting a compromise on limiting smoking indoors and in public places, but they disagree on both substantive and procedural issues.

The members spent much of a 90-minute meeting discussing how House rules adopted in February 2007 limit their ability to discuss smoking ban proposals outside a public meeting room.

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