By the end of the night Wednesday it will be illegal to smoke inside bars and casinos in Montana, because starting Thursday the final portion of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act will go into effect.

At the Black Eagle Country Club Wednesday they'll be giving out cigarettes and hosting a smoke in starting at 7:30.

It seems almost everyone has an opinion about the smoking ban, and those opinions aren't changing. And, while the clean indoor air act will keep public places in Montana smoke free, are smoking regulations really making a dent in smoker's habits?

Kerri Anderson, the assistant manager at Public Drug Co. in Great Falls said, "I've heard a few people say that, 'Well, I might as well quit because I won't be able to smoke at the bar or anywhere.'"

For some smokers, the Clean Indoor Air Act seems like one more pressure to stop smoking. Though local tobacco sellers say increased taxes and continuous price hikes seem to be bigger factors in driving people to kick the habit.

Anderson adds, "I've noticed an increase in the sales of the smoking cessation, but I believe most of it is due to cost."

Some are calling it an anti-smoking movement, as tobacco regulations across the country are forcing many smokers to alter their habits, whether they decide to quit, switch brands or even roll their own cigarettes. But many still wonder whether these new regulations will stop smoking in Montana.

Mona Yeagley manages Smokers Express in Great Falls. She said, "I don't think the smoking ban is going to hurt my store so much as the bars and casinos and places of that nature because people aren't going to stop buying their cigarettes. They're just not going to go where they can't smoke them! "