I just disagree. Sorry, but in NYC, you really couldn't smoke cigars anywhere before the ban anyway. At least at the pubs I go to. Maybe some wealthier folk could afford some nice places that would allow cigars. But in my experience, most places that allowed cigarettes gave us cigar smokers the evil eye and then a not-so-friendly heave-hoe. I can still smoke stogey's in Central Park though. I really hate cigarettes too, having to always dry clean/wash my clothes after going to a bar. I don't mind a coat smelling like cigars, but cigarettes are just plain nasty. I do think the ban should only apply to cigarettes because pipes and cigars actually smell good and don't contain all those nasty chemical toxins.

My two cents.