Last night I was rushing up the street on my way home from work and someone was handing out free stuff. Without looking at what it was I grabbed one because hey, it’s free and last time it was yogurt.

After j-walking across the street I looked down to see what I had and it was a trial pack of Nicorette which led me to question a few things:

1. How many people walking up the street are actually smokers who are considering quitting?
2. Isn’t Nicorette addictive, in which case are they really allowed to hand out free samples?
3. Was I witness to some terrible back-room partnership between the makers of Nicorette and Philipp-Morris? Is this some sort of scheme to get us all addicted to cigarettes now? Like drug dealers who hand out the first hit for free?

Anyway, I ditched my free sample in a pile neatly stacked on a wall. There was no way I was going to chance this freebe, it had the feel of a razor-blade laced Halloween apple.