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• Lawmakers scramble to resolve tobacco issue 

The brouhaha over the anti-smoking Measure 3 continued Friday while lawmakers looked for ways to come to a compromise and a proposed constitutional amendment sold as an alternative to the voter-approved ballot initiative got another legislative makeover.

Meanwhile, the nine-member advisory committee established by Measure 3 decided on Friday that they would pursue legal action if the Legislature did not fund the initiatives established under the law that promotes tobacco cessation, which passed with 54 percent of the vote in November.

"What this would do is prepare us for future action if it's needed," said Kathy Mangskau, who chairs the anti-smoking executive panel.

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