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jebartle 09-03-2014 11:44 AM

Let's give CVS an "atta boy" NO Cigs
 
They will no longer sell tobacco products and will rename to CVS Health!....Yea!

dodaneodwyer 09-03-2014 01:26 PM

I agree!

njbchbum 09-03-2014 02:52 PM

Not until they remove the other unhealthy products from their shelves/stores...sodas, candy, cookies/cake, alcohol, products with cancer-causing additives, etc.

Hancle704 09-03-2014 03:33 PM

And some will want them to stop selling wine and beer because buying public can't be responsible for their purchase decisions. Then there is all that harmful candy and Ice Cream.

Villager Joyce 09-03-2014 04:35 PM

Can't folks be happy they did something right?

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 09-03-2014 04:38 PM

Ridiculous. Until they are illegal why not continue to sell them?

As has already been pointed out look, at all of the other unhealthy products that they sell. This is a public relations grab and nothing else. Someone high up in the corporation figures they will make more money from people coming into their stores because of this move.

Alcohol, tons of sugared products, salted nuts, poisonous cosmetics, all kinds of processed foods with cancer causing additives, caustic cleaning solutions and who knows what else are still be sold there and no one cares. The anti tobacco people simply have a better PR department the people who are against these other things.

Does anyone think that fewer people will smoke because of this.

tommy steam 09-03-2014 06:01 PM

When you eat the junk they also sell , you harm yourself. With smokes,you not only harm yourself but others around you. I understand they have concluded that even your pets can be harmed by secondhand smoke. I smoked and quit in 1972 after I had seen some of my friends fathers and my own relatives die from lung and throat cancer. It was very disturbing for me to see. I think it's a good thing they stopped selling cigs. It just might make the light bulb go off and get someone to quit.

mickey100 09-03-2014 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tommy steam (Post 932788)
When you eat the junk they also sell , you harm yourself. With smokes,you not only harm yourself but others around you. I understand they have concluded that even your pets can be harmed by secondhand smoke. I smoked and quit in 1972 after I had seen some of my friends fathers and my own relatives die from lung and throat cancer. It was very disturbing for me to see. I think it's a good thing they stopped selling cigs. It just might make the light bulb go off and get someone to quit.

Good points. I think its great CVS banned cigarettes and tobacco products, which have caused so much illness and death in this country.

karostay 09-03-2014 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 932562)
They will no longer sell tobacco products and will rename to CVS Health!....Yea!

I know admin will boot this for being
off subject but for the time being
I hope all restaurants follow
No out door smoking
One way to eat healthy

KeepingItReal 09-03-2014 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommy steam (Post 932788)
When you eat the junk they also sell , you harm yourself. With smokes,you not only harm yourself but others around you. I understand they have concluded that even your pets can be harmed by secondhand smoke. I smoked and quit in 1972 after I had seen some of my friends fathers and my own relatives die from lung and throat cancer. It was very disturbing for me to see. I think it's a good thing they stopped selling cigs. It just might make the light bulb go off and get someone to quit.

Think I would prefer second hand smoke to a drunk coming at me and my family and even my pets in 3 ton automobile at a high rate of speed with no idea about what he/she is doing. Seems very inconsistent to applaud no tobacco sales while giving a thumbs up to alcohol sales which has caused untold deaths to innocent people, broken families, health problems and many other negative results.

Wonder if CVS refusing to also sell alcohol products might just make someone quit drinking too? Maybe an underage person or a college student wanting to participate in binge drinking would be convinced to not do it if they said no to alcohol sales too which would save them from a life of problems.

CDC Features - Excessive Drinking Costs U.S. $223.5 Billion

The Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption | CADCA


Wandatime 09-03-2014 07:22 PM

Are they still selling rolling papers? Just wondering.
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Dr Winston O Boogie jr 09-03-2014 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommy steam (Post 932788)
When you eat the junk they also sell , you harm yourself. With smokes,you not only harm yourself but others around you. I understand they have concluded that even your pets can be harmed by secondhand smoke. I smoked and quit in 1972 after I had seen some of my friends fathers and my own relatives die from lung and throat cancer. It was very disturbing for me to see. I think it's a good thing they stopped selling cigs. It just might make the light bulb go off and get someone to quit.

Actually there are studies to prove almost anything. In fact there are many studies that show that second hand smoke does no harm at all.

I'm not saying that either one is right or wrong, but you just can't say things like "they have concluded that....."


I also quit smoking many years ago and don't like it when people smoke, but this is nothing more then a publicity stunt and public relations move. They probably aren't making enough margin on cigarettes these days. That's what usually drives big corporations like this.

Abster 09-03-2014 08:11 PM

I'll no longer be shopping at CVS. I don't even smoke but only think "what's next?"

Chi-Town 09-03-2014 08:44 PM

I remember when hospitals sold cigarettes in the gift shop. Then they stopped. Big deal. CVS stopped selling cigarettes. Big deal. BTW, CVS Caremark shares were up today.

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 09-03-2014 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Chi-Town (Post 932880)
I remember when hospitals sold cigarettes in the gift shop. Then they stopped. Big deal. CVS stopped selling cigarettes. Big deal. BTW, CVS Caremark shares were up today.


There you go. Stocks up.


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