CVS tobacco ban just the start. Next: soda

The Boston Globe ^ | February 8, 2014 | Derrick Z. Jackson

[Popman]

People stop smoking cold turkey everyday. Some people just don't want to quit.

Oh' I agree, but I think everyone would agree it is demonstrable harder to quit smoking than stop drinking coffee or you're getting your Mountain Dew fix...

Cigarettes have a chemical dependency and psychological behavior wired into person...tough habit to break...not impossible...

[Vaduz]

CVS must want the feds off their back for how they have been filling out prescription’s they have been under investigation’s for some time now.

[Fzob]

I always found it odd that drug stores sold tobacco products, candy, soda, etc. since the health industry is all about people cutting down on consuming that stuff.

I think back before America became consumed with our looks, and everyone was on some sort of prescribed drug, drug stores were a sort of local convenience store. Now drug stores sell mostly beauty "aids" and prescriptions and are a big part of their business to the point where selling cigarettes is not worth the trouble.

[Artcore]

Oh’ I agree, but I think everyone would agree it is demonstrable harder to quit smoking than stop drinking coffee or you’re getting your Mountain Dew fix...
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Fair enough.

[libertarian27]

I believe they are saying CVS sold $2 Billion in gross sales.
There’s a plethora of fed/state/ taxes on cigarettes.

CVS will now NOT be funneling their “Fair Share” of taxation to the Government..(I wonder if they’ll need to make that up somehow...;| )

[AF_Blue]

Why wait? Start your Chik-Fil-A addiction tomorrow (they’re closed today). Have a Wawa or Firehouse sub today.

[Veggie Todd]

Wouldn’t want to miss out on that gravy train.

mmmmmm.....gravy.....

[tbw2]

I’ve heard of Firehouse subs. What is Wawa?

[Scrambler Bob]

So they are not giving up $2B for ‘healthy business’

They are cutting some problems with feds and taxes, and losing ‘some’ profit.

[Rodamala]

CVS could save billions of trees a year by not giving every customer a 45” long receipt for a pack of gum.

[Rodamala]

I’m a Tapatio guy.

[AF_Blue]

Wawa is a deluxe gas-n-go. Usually the lowest gas prices in the area, a nice selection of coffees, and most have a deli inside with a very good menu. Hopefully one near you.

Gotta have a Wawa
www.wawa.com

[foreverfree]

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