NC Smoking Ban Reaches First Year

Publication Date: 2010-12-29

• Publication:FOX8 WGHP (High Point, NC)

After a full year of North Carolina's indoor smoking ban, many restaurants report business has remained mostly the same.

Air quality in North Carolina restaurants has improved 89 percent since smoking was banned, state department of public health officials said.

"It's important because it's creating a new environment and helping the air which is better for lungs, especially for children," Destiny Sanders, with the TRU Tobacco Youth Advisory Council in Forsyth County, said.

Steven Hondos, owner of Jimmy the Greek's restaurant on University Parkway, said his wait staff is healthier, his customers are happier, and business is just as good.