A smokers advocacy organization is suing New York City and the City Council to block a new law banning e-cigarettes from all the places where conventional cigarettes are banned under the Smoke-Free Air Act (SFAA), including bars, restaurants, offices and parks.

The group, Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment (CLASH), contends in an action filed in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday that Local Law 152 violates the state constitution as well as the city charter.