1.   Banks used to give away toasters and stuff to hook new customers.

2.   And, increasingly, IBM helps companies like Merrill Lynch hook their customers to the Internet.

3.   Donations to charity event gift bags, have proved a sure-fire way to hook potential customers.

4.   Even so, that admission leaves the companies vulnerable to the grave charge that they control the dose of addictive nicotine in cigarettes to keep their customers hooked.

5.   The God of Materialism knew that to hook customers for life you had to brainwash them very young.

6.   They also assert that the industry manipulated the levels of nicotine in cigarettes to keep customers hooked.

7.   While some researchers have called products like Eclipse deceptive ways to keep customers hooked, others say they do reduce risks for those who want to keep smoking.