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This is not a referendum on our great state motto, ‘Live Free or Die.’ This is simply a health issue, and a matter of doing what is right for our great state," Sen.

David Gottesman, one of the bill’s sponsors said in a statement.

Opponents argue it should be left up to restaurant and bar owners to decide whether to make their businesses smoke-free, noting that a majority already have taken that step.

The House passed the ban last week 189-156.

The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill on April 6.

If it passes, the smoking ban would become law after 90 days.

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