What is you opinion on safety of Hidden SSIDs?

There's some debate on line on whether hidden SSID is actually safer than broadcasting SSID, the argument against hidden being that while it is not being broadcasted by the WAPs, it is instead being broadcasted by clients looking for it, essentially; so, unless you have no legitimate client around, which in most organizations is extremely unlikely, there's no increased safety, and some claim there's LESS of it.
Of course, data security is in encryption, but what do you think specifically of hidden SSIDs? Does it really add some security or not, in your view?