Indeed, I'd sign up for that sociable experience. There used to be (in the pre-legalization days) speakeasy-type places you could go to smoke and enjoy; live music, fruit juice on tap, that kind of thing. But nowadays it is all but impossible to find, being made in many cases (at least on the west coast) explicitly illegal. Those places allowed a different kind of socialization that is still just as legitimate as a bar full of strangers talking about sports. Think collective artwork and experimental music. Some day...