It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel . . . myself not coughing as much?! Our honorable soon-to-be-third-term Mayor Bloomberg has signed a bill into law that bans the sale of “most forms of flavored tobacco products” in NYC, including “chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb or spice flavors,” and cloves.

This is more stringent than the new federal ban on flavored cigarettes because it also pertains to both cigars and smokeless tobacco. But don’t you worry your little black lungs — yet — “tobacco, menthol, mint or wintergreen flavors” are still for sale!