'I know a bunch of people who don't come in here because of the smoke,' he said, listing names.

'This is one of the smokiest bars in town,' said Steve Zweibaum, 57, the owner of a jazz venue nearby who, while smoking a cigarette, spoke of how he had quit smoking long ago. Last call for cigarettes went out across the city: at the hazy Bud Rip's bar in the Bywater among the cigar-smoking crowd in the leopard print chairs at the French 75 bar in the French Quarter at the Kingpin, where the bartenders handed out Nicorette gum and at 45 Tchoup, where smoke had settled in so heavily that it began to form something like an Alpine cloud bank. Just after midnight, it became illegal to smoke in bars in New Orleans. The New York Times published an intriguing look at the city's nightlife spots as the ban went into effect. You can take your drinks outside on Bourbon Street, but you can no longer bring your smokes indoors.Įffective Wednesday, New Orleans has banned smoking in bars, restaurants and casinos.

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