Arbor Vitae - There's still 60 days left until the statewide smoking ban goes into effect, but some local businesses have kicked the habit early.

One of those is Ella's in Arbor Vitae, which nixed smoking for good May 1st.

Mark Gutteter is the owner of Ella's.

He says he owns another restaurant in Michigan, which went smoke free statewide May 1st. According to Gutteter so many of his customers in Michigan were excited about the ban, he decided to get rid of smoking at his Arbor Vitae place at the same time.

He says, "Non-smoking customers, which is the vast majority of people really don't like the smell of cigarettes and people just say, 'Oh, it's just wonderful to come in and not smell that cigarette smoke.'"

Gutteter says so far he hasn't had many complaints from Ella's customers, especially since smoking is still allowed outside.

He says this has also given people time to get used to the idea of a smoke-free environment before the law takes effect July 5th.

Gutteter says it's better to give people time now before the summer tourist season begins.

He says he doesn't foresee any major changes in traffic to any of his restaurants because of going smoke-free.