While some establishments across KELOLAND are waiting for the smoking ban to go to a public vote before they snuff out smoking in their restaurants, many popular bars in South Dakota's second largest city have already made the switch.

You'll find a busy waitstaff, tables filled with food and plenty of hungry customers over the noon hour at Sports Rock in Rapid City, but you won't find a single ashtray. The bar went non-smoking this summer when the ban was first discussed in Pierre.

"A lot of customers wanted to come in and eat and have an environment where it wasn't full of smoke, and we just felt that we should accommodate them because there's a huge number of people who did request that," General Manager Debbi Davids said.

Months later, they've had the option to switch back and allow smoking, but Davids says her customers seem to like the change.

"It's been very positive. We haven't had too many complaints.  The very few who have complained go right outside and smoke, they don't seem to be too upset about it," Davids said.

That's true for customer and smoker JoAnn Packman. She says despite her own habit, she prefers to dine sans cigarettes.

"I don't feel that it should be inflicted on others. It's a personal choice of mine.  It's my personal choice to go outside and smoke, and I appreciate when others do the same," Packman said.

There is a smoking room upstairs in the bar portion of Sports Rock, but officials say they're prepared to shut it down if the smoking ban passes.

"I don't think it'll hurt us as far as losing too many customers," Davids said.

It hasn't driven away any customers yet.