All over New York City, the smoking few huddle outside of restaurants because smoking indoors has, since 2003, been banned in most public New York City establishments.

However, Hookah bars—gathering places where people go to smoke flavored tobacco from a waterpipe—offer the chance to keep smokers’ fingers warm by openly advertising a menu of hookah flavors, to be smoked indoors.

The smoking ban in New York City  was implemented to protect the