Click here to read “Hospitals Ditch Formula Samples to Promote Breast-Feeding” by Pam Belluck from The New York Times on October 15, 2012.
For years, virtually every new mother has been sent home from the hospital with a gift bag full of free product samples, including infant formula. Now health authorities and breast-feeding advocates are leading a nationwide effort to ban formula samples, which often come in stylish bags with formula company logos.