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Issue: 1985 July 15 - Vol 1 Num 13

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Volume 11 , Number 13/July 15, 1985
FEATURES
The Key to Improving Cigarette Vending Profits ... . .. 17
Deciding which brands of cigarettes to load into your machines con be
mind boggling without demographic studies to determine your clientele
and their preferred brands. Included is a chart of cigarette brands by
manufacturers.
OMAA Boasts High Attendance at Trade Show
22
State association shows give all segments of the industry the opportunity to
talk with each other. Here's what happened in Ohio.
The Role of Distributors in Pay Phones . . .......... . .. 50
Gail Sherman, vice president of marketing of Cointel Communications,
game a speech at the BCR conference in June. This is on excerpt from that
speech.
DEPARTMENTS
5 Missing Children Poster
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Letters to the Editor
Up Front
News
Critic's Comer
26
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National Play Meter
Frank's Cranks
New Products
Aids to the Trade
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Cover Credit: Combination of coin-op amusements and cigarette vending was
illustrated by Morgret Vincent. Ploy Meter's graphics designer.
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PUBLISHER:
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EDITOR:
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TYPOGRAPHER:
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GRAPHICS DESIGNER:
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PLAY METER. July 15. 1985. Volume 11.
No. 13. Copyright 1985 by Skybird Pub-
lishing Com pony. Play M.UPr (ISSN 0162-
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PLAY METER. July 15, 1985

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