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CHARLOTTE – It’s been one week since North Carolina enacted a smoking ban in bars and restaurants.

The law bans smokers from lighting up in most businesses serving food and drink. Now, those who want to smoke are left out in the cold.

Some feared the move would drive away business, but that doesn’t seem to be the case one week in.

"I think I'm more inclined and I think business will be fine,” Greg Sieman, a nonsmoker, said at the Dilworth Bar and Grill Saturday. "I love it! I love being able to come to the bar and smell like a cigarette by the time I leave."

No smokers braved the frigid temperatures at the grill Saturday.

Smoker Evelyn Chafin never thought the ban would pass in North Carolina. She doesn’t support it, but she has no choice but to obey the law.

"I have to go outside when it's really cold to smoke, which is unpleasant," Chafin said. “I still actually get up and go outside to smoke, yes.”

Establishments hold the responsibility to enforce the smoking ban and face up to $200 in fines if they don’t comply.