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companies say they're just out pitching their products, handing out free packs of cigarettes to smokers in clubs and pubs around New York, trying to get them to switch brands.

Uh - YEAH -they've been doing this for as long as I can remember. It's' called marketing.

Anti-smoking advocates, though, call the free smokes a way to get the casual smoker to puff regularly.

Translation: Whiney nannies don't think adults are capable of making their own decision.

Though these giveaway programs started in primarily larger cities such as New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, now patrons in smaller cities including Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Huntington can find free packs of smokes in trendier bars.

Good Grief. These type promotions have been going on all over the place for more than 20 years. Does any one else remember those little packs of either 4 or 6 cigs that Philip Morris used to hand out? Those are illegal in most, if not all states, becaause of these stupid anti-smokers.

All the antis want is the total prohibition of not only any form of tobacco advertising, but of smokers and tobacco period. That is the ultimate goal.

I am so overly sick and tired of these people that have nothing better to do with taxpayers money that abuse the very taxpayers paying their salaries.

A fond memory of mine is being handed free cigs samplers on a street corner in Denver in 1968. Whe kept going up to the guy to "get another please". 21 at the time and very poor.

companies say they're just out pitching their products, handing out free packs of cigarettes to smokers in clubs and pubs around New York, trying to get them to switch brands.

Last "I" heard.......Tobacco is a LEGAL COMMODITY. Why AREN'T they allowed to pitch their product?!!