The city council is voting today on a bill that would enforce stricter regulations on hookah lounges.

If passed, the bill would raise the minimum smoking age from 18 to 21.

It would also require all hookah bars to have a special license and post signs that warn of the dangers of smoking.

The bill's sponsors said smoking hookah for 40 minutes has the same health consequences as smoking 120 cigarettes.

"It's the ones that have a hookah pipe at the end of the bar, or have a hookah pipe in a restaurant where you come with your children to have a Sunday dinner, and all of a sudden there's hookah smoke in the restaurant. Those are the types of activities that will be banned, will be prohibited," said City Council Member Vincent Gentile. "Those kinds of people will not be able to, but they have a business that doesn't rely just on hookah. But for those who rely on hookah, and they meet the 50 percent threshold, they can remain open."

To pass, the bill needs the full city council's approval.