We always assumed that people were still smoking inside because the places we tend to hang out are less than savory, but according to Eater, it's happening all over.

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Take a long drag of your Warm Mocha Mint Cigar - it might be the last you buy in the city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the ban on flavored tobacco into law yesterday. But before you hyperventilate, read the fine print: the ban doesn’t include clove or menthol cigarettes or even flavored hookah.

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Is Bowling a sport? How about Ping-Pong? Competitive eating is a farce, right? Well, what would you think if I told you a new record was set in the 9th annual Masturbate-a-thon? That guy certainly isn’t an athlete, right? What if I told you he set the record at well over nine hours straight? Yeah, bowling sounds a lot easier now, doesn’t it?

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David Barton gyms are scary. The man himself seems OK, what with the spiky hair and goofy grin and party-throwing wife, but his namesake sweat shacks, with spotlights on the machines and like DJs, are more than a bit overwhelming. And that was before they were serving drinks! Over at True/Slant, Katie Drummond reports on Barton's collaboration with a vodka company and the havoc that could come from it. We'll stick with Vitamin Water and the YMCA, thanks.

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The mayor is continuing his crusade to ban smoking in parks and on beachs—but how long will the folks who live alongside city parks put up with smokers standing across from or outside of their buildings to get a fix? Then what? [via Daily News]

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Tell us what you think! What do you think the best "Hotel Experience" is? Have a favorite place to take a date? It's your chance to make your opinion count. Take the 2009 Best of Manhattan (and Beyond) Readers' Poll available here. 

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When President Obama asked for energy alternatives to put an end to our gas-guzzling fuel addiction, I don't think he was expecting people like Michael Thompson to answer to call. Dude created a lamp that runs on human blood!

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It’s only been a year since the good folks at Camel voluntarily decided to stop running advertisements for their cigarettes in magazines, but that doesn't mean that they're not up to something!

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Did we learn nothing from Prohibition? In a move less laissez faire and more Big Brother, Health Commissioner Thomas Farley took one more hit at smokers yesterday when he announced plans to ban smoking from all city parks and beaches.

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We've never been the wake and bake type, but this morning's AM New York has an interesting weed-related cover story that has us thinking about pot already. Why, it asks, are marijuana arrests skyrocketing when it's been decided that pretty much everyone—including the mayor—has enjoyed a puff now and again?

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