Anyone remember it common place to give as gift to mailman.....milkman ....teacher....relative...boss.....etc.....carton of cigarettes specially packaged for Christmas.....some with photo of celebrities ....no need to wrap......just put under tree

I remember. I used to buy (OK, mom bought them but they came from me) a carton of Winston for my dad. Before that, he smoked Chesterfield.

When I was in the insurance business some of the body shops and glass companies would drop off bottles of booze which I always gave away. Beer was my go to drink.
Now, that's changed. They drop off candy, cheese trays, or cookies. Much better choices. Times change for the better.

if a carton of cigarettes' was still 3 bucks I would still be smoking.

Cigs and booze vs candy nah times didn't change for the good lol.

Ma and pop Christmas Parties are what I miss....
We definitely needed Uber back then....

Our family doctor had a Cadillac convertible with a bumper sticker that said Enjoy Smoking. He died of lung cancer.

I believe pure tobacco is safe. It's all the chemicals added that will kill ya. I remember getting cigarettes for my mom out of a machine as a kid. No i.d required. LoL

Sarge

Today its some exotic weed from the weed store.

I purchased a cigarette machine at a auction sale 30 yrs ago for 2.00. It had lots of packs of cigarette in it. I bought it hoping for silver coins. I remember it setting out side of the old steak house for a few yrs before I bought it. I got my money back in change. But there was no silver coins in it. I should have kept the cigarette and machine, but I had no reason to.

The good old days. We survived. It was fun!!!!!