CVS-- No Cigs

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by GPK

Sugar and alchol can also be abused in the same manner as tobacco, and for many, just as addicting. If your future is in directly providing medical care at your stores, why not just go co-op, set up a hookah bar and everyone hold hands and sing kumbya in the midddle of the store while munching on organic kale?

I digress. My friend of Bill meeting starts in 15 minutes.

Kev-

I know that for some there is no safe dose of alcohol. For most people though, it can be used in moderation with no health consequence.

The difference is that there is no population anywhere that carries no risk using moderate amounts of tobacco. That's a distinction. if you want to ask why a line was drawn between tobacco and the other products, that's it.

60% of cigarettes sold in America are sold at gas stations so it's not as if this will impact anyone's habits. They'll walk across the street. I'm not commenting on the morality of the decision but I admire the Machevellian genius of doing something they were probably going to be forced to do in the long run regardless. The other pharmacy chains are going to do the same eventually but they won't get the halo effect this has gotten CVS for being first.