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Some restaurant, tavern owners say customers have been adjusting to smoking ban 

Three weeks into the state's workplace smoking ban, and central Wisconsin businesses and their customers continue to adjust.

Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation in May 2009, providing more than 13 months for businesses to prepare for the ban that went into effect July 5.

And while Rob Konkol -- part-owner of Stevens Point's Partners Pub, 2600 Stanley St. -- has heard a few gripes about the law, he said it's still too early to know how much, if any, effect the change has had on business.

"No one really complains to us that much," Konkol said. "You'll get people that occasionally like to discuss (the ban), but it's probably not something we would've done for a long time had it not been forced on us."

Partners has a back deck area where patrons can smoke outside

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