A friend and I were talking this week, and a question came up.

At previous Big Smokes in Las Vegas, we were all given hand numbered Tommy Bahama ashtrays.

Do they give out a similar product at the other Big Smokes around the country too, or just in Vegas?

The Big Smoke in Chicago is no longer due to smoking rules.

The big smoke in New York has changed over the years because of smoking rules, but is still basically a Big Smoke.

You receive cigars and in some cases you may receive a Riedel glass (At least you used to).

I have also received a photograph (from General Cigars).

You get to drink a lot, eat a lot and smoke a lot, but unless you are in Vegas you don't much else.

The Tommy Bahama Ashtray was supposed to remain in Las Vegas (What happens in Vegas, STAYS in Vegas)

I was at the Big Smoke in Vegas last year, but didn't see the ashtrays. Were they given out at one of the booths, or did you need to go to the seminars?

At one of the booths in the middle of the room during the Big Smoke events.

The girls there were handing out vouchers for the ashtray, and they would stamp your hand so you could only get one. Then you had to go to the Tommy Bahama store in the forum shops, upstairs from Casa Fuente, and they would redeem the voucher.

They are pretty cool. Hand numbered out of 3000. The 2006 ones are numbered out of 6500. Painted in a typical Tommy Bahama dice-casino-tropical theme.

And oh yeah,

Thank you for the information Doc...