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Obama: CVS Decision to Stop Selling Cigarettes Will Have ‘Profoundly Positive Impact’
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Posted on 02/05/2014 8:01:34 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

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To: Red Badger

Good one!


61 posted on 02/05/2014 10:54:48 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Raycpa

That’s interesting. You’d think with the pervasive surveillance cameras it would be easy to detect.


62 posted on 02/05/2014 11:29:17 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Just another reason to walk across the street and shop at Walgreen’s.


63 posted on 02/05/2014 11:50:09 AM PST by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA.)
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To: tanknetter

For the record, you and Barack are in 100% agreement. You must be proud.


64 posted on 02/05/2014 12:12:21 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: nascarnation

http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1136


65 posted on 02/05/2014 12:44:12 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Red in Blue PA

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

I applaud CVS’ move. I wish every retailer would do the same.

The only reason the tobacco industry still exists is because it is a propped up crony capitalist boondoggle, hiding behind the skirts of Big Government.


66 posted on 02/05/2014 12:51:56 PM PST by Haiku Guy (Health Care Haiku: If You Have a Right / To the Labor I Provide / I Must Be Your Slave)
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To: Red in Blue PA

And if he said on a clear day that the sky is blue, I’d agree with him on that too. And I’m sure you’d last out at me and anyone else who agreed

Listen, a bunch of people including myself have spent a good amount of time laying out the sound business justifications for CVS doing this. Your argument now seems to be wrapped up in the notion that since Obama supports it (probably for reasons completely different than ours, but no matter) that we are automatically wrong.

Tobacco use is on the decline. And has been. Support for tobacco use is on the decline. And has been. That’s just reality, and it appears that you are having a lot of difficulty accepting, and coping, with it. I’m sure that at the turn of the 20th Century horse and buggy users/afficionados had very similar feelings about what was happening to them as well ..


67 posted on 02/05/2014 1:00:50 PM PST by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

Addicts are usually irrational.


68 posted on 02/05/2014 1:20:08 PM PST by Haiku Guy (Health Care Haiku: If You Have a Right / To the Labor I Provide / I Must Be Your Slave)
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To: Haiku Guy; tanknetter
Addicts are usually irrational.

Yup. Also, CVS's decision is clearly based on a long-term strategy. Long term planning is not exactly the strong suit of an addict/smoker.

69 posted on 02/05/2014 1:59:32 PM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Red in Blue PA
Full disclosure:

70 posted on 02/05/2014 2:15:52 PM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Red in Blue PA
Imagine this from ANY store:

"I applaud this morning’s news that CVS Caremark has decided to stop accepting EBT cards in its stores, and begin a national campaign to help millions of Americans quit taking other people's money."

71 posted on 02/05/2014 3:13:47 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: Red Badger
Yeah, and it might help your spelling, as well..............;^)

That had to have shown up for a spell check.

72 posted on 02/05/2014 4:12:13 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: tanknetter

Sound business decision?

Walgreens and Riteaid stocks were both up today substantially while CVS stock was down.

the market has spoken regarding this “sound business decision”


73 posted on 02/05/2014 4:39:16 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Guess it’s ok with Obama because he gets his cigarettes somewhere else.


74 posted on 02/05/2014 4:40:49 PM PST by tioga (Every knee shall bend, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.)
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To: Haiku Guy

So that’s the reason those companies still exist?

Silly me. Here I thought people just liked to smoke.


75 posted on 02/05/2014 4:41:04 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

What BS. There is MASSIVE competition in drug stores.


76 posted on 02/05/2014 4:45:36 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: scooby321

And I thought all that tax money was being used “for the children” and “children’s health programs”.

Liberalism is sooooooo confusing! /s (it’s a mental disorder)


77 posted on 02/05/2014 4:50:33 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: nascarnation

Have to be, they don’t make squat on beer or gas.


78 posted on 02/05/2014 4:52:51 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: grundle

Why do you assume their business model is only to make people healthier?

I guess they should stop selling candy too. And get rid of the photo departments...nothing healthy about pictures.

What about toys? Are they making me healthy? How about the fact they sell chips and stuff?

Ridiculous point.


79 posted on 02/05/2014 4:55:36 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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To: Haiku Guy

Hiding behind government? They same government that makes BILLIONS taxing cigs?

The “only reason the tobacco industry still exists” is because it’s a LEGAL PRODUCT and for now it’s sitll a FREE COUNTRY.

Take your ex-smoker attitude to some communist country and ban away.


80 posted on 02/05/2014 4:58:27 PM PST by Fledermaus (If we here in TN can't get rid of the worthless Lamar, it's over.)
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