CVS banned tobacco. Now its sales are hurting

money.cnn.com ^ | 8/4/2015 | Matt Egan

[Obadiah]

Not trying hijack this thread, but just how many billions of people really need Viagra or Cialis? I mean is there really this sudden explosion of erectile dysfunction? Millions and millions of heterosexual men struggling with intimacy with their wives? Or is this really about homosexuals and people going to raves or some such thing? I simply cannot believe the sheer number of ads for these products is really representative of the scope of any problem.

[AppyPappy]

I wish we could ban second-hand liberalism.

[AppyPappy]

A friend tells me that it is a sex enhancer if you don’t have ED.

[smokingfrog]

I sold that stock short.

[Vaquero]

I haven’t smoked in 40 years so I could care less. But when they started pushing it in commercials I knew it was going to backfire on them. People will take care of themselves or not. Either way they don’t want nannies make their decisions for them.

[dware]

Gooooood.

[Theo]

This is why I haven’t gone to a CVS in months:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/cvs-gay-ad_n_5765824.html

[Dr. Sivana]

Do they sell booze where they can?

AGGRESSIVELY! They bought out the Osco chain and became THE go to place to buy cheap booze in the run down parts of Rockford, IL (Broadway, and Route 251 S of Harrison)

[Grams A]

Tobacco sales are low margin and high labor.”

If you buy within the city in our area they are around $80 a carton, if you buy from a store in the County, they are $58.

We quit going to CVS because of Soros connection.

[jennings2004]

Two of us, and I do not use tobacco products...

[pfflier]

The people that need it really do need it. The decision of CVS not to make it available isn't ethical nor considering their legitimate needs. Try seeing what drugs to reduce enlarged prostste (60% of males over 50) does to you sex life.

The people that don't need it are either getting the prescription from a doctor under fraudulent or unethical conditions or buying it on the black market.

It's very similar to the gun control arguments. Eliminate all guns and the bad guys won't have them...Right??

[Buckeye McFrog]

Agreed. I spent many years in retail and you barely made any money on cigarettes. It was to draw people into the store where they would buy other things.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Your age is showing, its SVN now..
Get with the times, geezer.

[pfflier]

I just switched to CVS because the customer service at Walgreen’s has deteriorated so badly particularly in the pharmacy.

[Lizavetta]

Ever notice that the anti-tobacco dorks are the same ones who are gung ho for marijuana? You know, UNFILTERED marijuana?

[SamAdams76]

Political correctness carries a cost. CVS was obviously willing to pay it.

Even before they stopped selling cigarettes, I always thought their merchandise was overpriced. It's only a matter of time before Amazon kills them off (along with Walgreens) with their roving delivery trucks that will circle neighborhoods loaded with these kind of sundry everyday items for when people run out of toothpaste, shampoo, or simply have a craving for chocolate bars. Soon you will be able to open your app and have these items delivered to your doorstep within an hour.

[arthurus]

Well, ... yes.

[Tau Food]

Historically, tobacco stocks have been pretty good, but I have avoided owning them. I just don't feel good about making money by taking advantage of addicts. I have owned McDonalds stock in the past and that's probably just as bad in the view of some folks. I might have trouble investing in casinos, too, but in the nineties I owned some IGT, which was making gambling machines. So, I don't know.

Everybody has to make their own decisions. Everybody has to draw their own lines. I certainly wouldn't invest in an abortion clinic.

[zeugma]

Your age is showing, its SVN now..
Get with the times, geezer.

Got GIT?

[hosepipe]

When do they start selling marijuana?...
SMOKING KILLS... Marijuana DOESn’T..

To believe THIS... you MUST be on some kind of DOPE..