Few customers choose one of the six tables in the smoking section during dining hours, she added. Only 13 tables are reserved for smokers, Weaver said. Students often ask for the first available table, but older patrons often wait for a nonsmoking table, Uher said, adding that customers with children rarely sit in the smoking section. If they want to smoke, they will move away from the table and light up near the bar, McCullough said. Late in the evening, Cafe 210 West relaxes its restrictions on smoking to conform to those of a bar, McCullough said.
More people come in to consume beverages.
Bars are regulated differently under the ordinance and are not required to have nonsmoking sections, said Sharon Ergler, State College Health Department secretary. If restaurants are found to be violating the ordinance, fines can be imposed. But since the ordinance was enacted, no one has been fined, Ergler said.