how to shrink the width between columns in the data tables

Hi alan.

Thanks for a beautiful plugin, i would like to have a question, how can i alter the width between columns i.e for eg i have two columns places and Hotel & restaurant. in this case i would like to have more gap for places. How is this possible?
now the datatables take the space based on the string length. lets say i get a place name like " xyzxyzcyz fsafsf asfsf safsfsaf " in this case it will come to new line, i don't want that to happen, how to control the gap between column width. I'm using jquery theme CSS.