Yep.I remember when a couple of pennies were shrink wrapped into the pack. Probably like putting a quarter in the machine and they only cost .23.
Dad smoked Pall Mall. Mom smoked Lucky Strikes...
They would send me down to the Barber Shop, two blocks down, for smokes.
If I recall (been 50yrs) there were three cents in each pack...?? I would then cross the street...and go to the candy store...
Imagine? Sending a SIX YEAR OLD brat to go fetch a couple packs of smokes...and allowing him to cross a busy street...all by himself.....today?