Some ideologue has blown smoke up their corporate keester telling them it won’t hurt their bottom line. BS. It makes no difference about ‘intereacting with’, ‘working with’, or ‘colluding with’ doctors, hospitals or other organizations seems to be a hunky-dory-super-good-time-GI Joe thing.
The bottom line is patients will look at cost first, ease of getting prescriptions filled, and whether or not it takes a long time to get them filled. Getting rid of the tobacco products doesn’t seem to have any impact on these.
True. I don’t think I’ve ever went into a drug store to get a pack of smokes. I doubt I would if I needed to. No telling how long they would have been setting on the shelve, because chances are, hardly anyone else goes to a pharmacy for smokes either.
I can't believe that cigarette sales add a lot to their bottom line. They can't be a high margin item and I doubt that they comprise a lot of their total sales. But by loudly and publicly announcing that they won't sell them anymore CVS is reaping millions in free, positive publicity and probably not losing much in the way of income.