Then this is really about the government and it’s role, right? Corporations exist to produce wealth for their investors; if that involves them pandering to the government, even for things that the government shouldn’t be doing, then they are just acting within their nature.
The way I see it this is how things are supposed to work: CVS is looking at evolving their business model and tobacco doesn’t fit with that. So tobaccois going away. There will still be places where people can buy tobacco, because there’s still a market for it. Hopefully it’ll actually drive tobacco purchasers to their local mom and pop tobaccanist shop.
19% of the population smokes. CVS is saying to 19% of the population that they don’t want their business. (and this does not include the business they will lose from people like me who are non-smokers but are pi&&ed t these types of moves)
If you think that is a good move in any way, then I have a bridge to sell you.