The lobbying group is trying to make health workers sign the No Free Lunch pledge. Health professionals who agree to sign the pledge “not to accept money, gifts, or hospitality from the pharmaceutical industry, seek unbiased sources of information and not rely on information disseminated by drug companies and avoid conflicts of interest in their practice, teaching, and / or research. ” In 2004, the pledge was about 300 signatories.Patients can use a directory provided by the group to find doctors who signed it. The group maintains that doctors prescribe drugs that have received more promotion than other options better or cheaper because they are seen by the pharmaceutical companies whose accept gifts. Some physicians argue that they are not influenced by pharmaceutical marketing and is not necessary to reject their gifts. No Free Lunch also argues that doctors should not accept drug samples to give patients because uqe the group believes that these signs will cause physicians to prescribe these drugs more than others.

Some representatives of pharmaceutical companies argue that free samples can be given to indigent patients. The group also seeks to persuade doctors not to rely on research supplied by pharmaceutical companies for information about drugs, but base their decisions solely onunbiased scientific evidence. No Free Lunch works with the Australian group Healthy Skepticism to ask the doctors who use independent educational materials instead of materials funded by the pharmaceutical industry. also argue for a lesser involvement of pharmaceutical companies in financing medical education. No Free Lunch argues that educational meetings that take place during meals paid by pharmaceutical companies are an advertising method COOC direct marketing to doctors, in which representatives of pharmaceutical companies interact with physicians and provide them with promotional information. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, a group representing most of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry argues that meetings between their representatives and physicians are important to educate doctors about their products and pay them the food that may be the only way to fit these meetings in the busy schedulesphysicians. No Free Lunch does not blame the pharmaceutical companies trying to promote and sell their products, the group believes this is the work of enterprises. Instead, doctors believe they are those that are left woo and convince by advertisers.