Tobacco Company Giveaways...

[woodsroad]

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Smog is still better than smug.

 

[Nova Pipes & Tobacco]

I got this t-shirt that @Nova Pipes & Tobacco sent me (for free).

Glad to see ya rockin the shirt @ziv

I run across these Captain Black tape measures today at home and it got me wondering about what other weird stuff tobacco companies have given away. Anybody else have any weird tobacco giveaways?

New goal for 2026: track down the weirdest tobacco related merch imaginable and start quietly tossing it into orders.

 

[chilllucky]

Considering that tobacco companies pretty much made up the whole collectible/sports cards thing to sell cigarettes around the turn of the last century - this is certainly a deep mine of swag. Throw in salesman's samples of tiny pipes or branded displays to high performing retailers and tobacco probably comes second to beer-iana in amount of crap produced.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Yep, it was pretty much exactly that.
There’s a long thread here somewhere with all the carnage.

EDIT:

Found it

Thanks for the link to that thread. It gave me a good laugh

 

[woodsroad]

Thanks for the link to that thread. It gave me a good laugh

Yeah, I was a bit sharper and unrelenting back then. It’s also sobering how many of those commenters aren’t here anymore.

 

[GardenStateoftheArtBriar]

I got a montecristo cigar punch that was shaped like a thick brass key once
You twist it and punch came out
I gifted it to someone on this forum

 

[woodsroad]

I got a montecristo cigar punch that was shaped like a thick brass key once
You twist it and punch came out
I gifted it to someone on this forum

I regifted most of that IPSD Freebie Box. I kept the lighter, it still works.

 

[Bassman65]

Man. We are definitely missing out up north. We don’t have any large scale online retailers like SP or P&C.

We do occasionally get some free beer swag at the Beer Store though. I’d be totally staked for anything. I’d be paying the money anyway, so why not get something free.

I see the adverts for promotional freebies on SP and sigh. With our taxes and duties, however, it’s an impossible option.

Best thing we ever get up here is free shipping over $99. That’s like one 50g tin.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Yeah, I was a bit sharper and unrelenting back then. It’s also sobering how many of those commenters aren’t here anymore.

Yeah, I noticed that.

 

[chilllucky]

Yeah, I was a bit sharper and unrelenting back then. It’s also sobering how many of those commenters aren’t here anymore.

I wonder if those two things aren't related somehow ...

 

[SpuddsBuckley]

I'm very proud of my ©1992 Winston radio cooler bag. The cutting edge of technology.

 

[woodsroad]

I wonder if those two things aren't related somehow ...

That’s enough out of you, I’m leaving!

 

[username]

I got a montecristo cigar punch that was shaped like a thick brass key once
You twist it and punch came out
I

I got one of those

 

[Vlad the Pipe Enjoyer]

I don't know if that counts as a "weird" tobacco company gift but I once saw (and nearly bought) a Marlboro beer mug. It was made out of pewter with a glass, see-through bottom. The letters MB were etched on the side of the pint. I should have bought it...

I also have come across a Cohiba butane torch lighter, with a cigar punch integrated at the bottom.

 

[Smokeybandit]

My stepdad smoked a lot of marlboros to get me this sweet leather backpack.

(Not my picture)

 

[Dixie Piper]

P&C used to give away all sorts of branded stuff on IPSD, but stopped after so many customers whined about getting free shit.

Actually, P&C sent me a free hat with my pipe cleaners but I whined that I did not receive any of the tobacco I ordered.

 

[romaso]

I don't know if that counts as a "weird" tobacco company gift but I once saw (and nearly bought) a Marlboro beer mug. It was made out of pewter with a glass, see-through bottom. The letters MB were etched on the side of the pint. I should have bought it...

Be glad you didn't, the glass bottom ones pretty much all leak after awhile