Coupons on Cigarettes

Cigarette market is a very competitive domain. There are hundreds of brands in the fray, competing against each other, to woo the customers from around the globe. Even if you take any domestic market, there’ll be cut throat competition amongst the players. So, it is natural that the cigarette makers try out all tricks in the marketing and promotion trade to catch the eye of hard core smokers. Cigarette coupons are one such marketing gimmick, a freebee, given to smokers as a compliment when they make a sizeable purchase from an online cigarette store or even a cigarette shop. It is like any other discount coupon. It entitles the buyer to avail a discount on the market rate of the cigarette packets he/she purchases by exchanging these coupons. The only limitation, the cigarette coupons may not be exchangeable in all cigarette stores; but only in selected outlets where they sell the particular cigarette brand(s). Also, you can’t encash it for an equivalent sum of money.

The percentage of discount a cigarette coupon offers generally varies with the cigarette brand and the particular offer. But, according to reports, in certain online cigarette stores, cheap Marlboro cigarette cartons’ selling price was as low as $11 after redeeming cigarette coupons. So you could calculate how far cigarette coupons could lower the original prices. The same is the case with other top cigarette brands such as Marlboro cigarettes, Camel, Winston, Montclair, Salem, Virginia Slims, Misty, Capri or Parliament, to name a few.

Cigarette coupons are usually distributed by marketing executives employed by the cigarette companies through shops or in person, or it is given as a freebee alongside bulk online purchases made from online cigarette stores. The cigarette coupons you receive in the former way will be like any other discount coupon in appearance and feel, while the cigarette coupons that are available online may require the customers to print it or if making online purchases, type in a verification code in order to check the authenticity of the buyer as fraudulent coupons are also rampant these days. Either way, from the cigarette maker’s perspective, they’ll make sure that the cigarette coupons are indeed given to ardent smokers so that they’ll be tempted to comeback to the specific brand more than usual. After all, for most of the smokers, the major deterrent or hindrance in fulfilling their wishes is the lack of money they can spend on cigarettes, and nothing else.

The other places where you could commonly find cheap cigarette coupons are in supermarket flyers and inside weekend newspapers. Also, it is a viable option to get it directly from the cigarette companies. Many cigarette makers keep a mailing list of their customers in that regard. If your name figures there, such offers reach your mail directly and promptly when the cigarette company announces such a discount scheme.

There is a limit to what words could convey. See the World Wide Web, and there you could find more resources on cigarette coupons and the popular brands that offer it.