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SD lawmakers reject 2nd smoking ban ballot measure  

South Dakota residents have known for months that they would get to vote this fall on whether to accept the state's new comprehensive smoking ban.

On Tuesday, lawmakers on the House Health Committee rejected a proposal that would have asked voters to also decide the whether to instead back a weaker ban.

Opponents of the proposed weaker ban, including House Republican Leader Bob Faehn, said it would have been confusing to voters to have to try to distinguish between two competing measures.

"I'm kind of suspicious that's what might be going on here,"

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