CVS makes a landmark decision

[rwsmith]

CVS decided to stop selling tobacco products by the end of this year because they say selling pharmaceuticals and tobacco are in conflict with each other. They say they are going to lose $2 billion annually. Can you believe that a profit seeking company could come to such a decision???

 

[NCTexan]

I believe that they ought to take out all those shelves of candy and point of sale displays at the registers.

I've read on the internet that candy can make you fat and too much fat is bad for your health.

Hmmm... pretty soon just tofu and prescriptions.

BTW, I don't smoke.

 

[Marshwheeling]

No matter to me. I never buy cigars there anyway.

 

[gm272gs]

They had better quit selling that evil alcohol, then.

 

[1morethan8]

They're to high there... equals low sales...

It's all about the dollar bill.. and nothing more!

 

[CBus660R]

Marketing scheme. Got all kinds of pub on the media. Now the 75% who hate smoking say "that's where I'm gonna get my next scrip".

 

[Old 44 Guy]

What the hell is wrong here? Some states legalize Marajuana & out law tobacco.Doesn't make sense.

 

[1morethan8]

What the hell is wrong here? Some states legalize Marajuana & out law tobacco.Doesn't make sense.

I know.. I can't understand why they would outlaw tobacco!

 

[rog8732]

Marketing scheme. Got all kinds of pub on the media. Now the 75% who hate smoking say "that's where I'm gonna get my next scrip".

Bingo !! Give that man a cigar. No wait, make that oxy.

You could wrap all the lies the tobacco companies ever told, in the "drivel" that even one of the big drug companies spout.

Ever take a look at the number of fatalities in the U.S. from misuse of scrips ?

 

[1morethan8]

"Ever take a look at the number of fatalities in the U.S. from misuse of scrips ?"

Oh.. say around 25,000 or so.

 

[Beemerguy53]

CVS decided to stop selling tobacco products by the end of this year because they say selling pharmaceuticals and tobacco are in conflict with each other. They say they are going to lose $2 billion annually. Can you believe that a profit seeking company could come to such a decision???

Apparently some things are more important than profits, and I say good for them!

While I was in high school, in 1970 and 1971, I worked for a local pharmacy. We didn't sell tobacco products either, even way back then. Our owners instructed us to tell people who asked for cigarettes, etc., that we were a 'pharmacy', not a 'drugstore'...

 

[Beemerguy53]

I believe that they ought to take out all those shelves of candy and point of sale displays at the registers.

I've read on the internet that candy can make you fat and too much fat is bad for your health.

Hmmm... pretty soon just tofu and prescriptions.

BTW, I don't smoke.

Unlike candy, there is no safe dosage for tobacco, no amount you can consume without harm. Tobacco is harmful per se; it is ONLY harmful; it has no medicinal or therapeutic value; and it is the only consumer product that, when used as intended, harms its user.

 

[Beemerguy53]

Marketing scheme. Got all kinds of pub on the media. Now the 75% who hate smoking say "that's where I'm gonna get my next scrip".

So what's wrong with that?

 

[wildenout]

I applaud them, it was a tough decision I'm sure. Because it was billion with a b haha, but really good on them. Of all the vices one could have, smoking has got to be the most foolish.

 

[Wolf1775]

You know, I've never looked at CVS to buy anything tobacco related. I've always gone to a brick and mortar store, or online, if I've wanted to get cigars or pipe tobacco. If it was dip or anything like that, I just went to a gas station where the prices were cheaper. I don't see this as something that'll affect them too heavily.

As for the company's decision... it's their decision. People will still get it from other sources, and probably cheaper too. If enough people complain and they lose enough profits, then they may decide that it's worth it. Considering the size of the chain, I don't think $2 billion is too huge a sum though.

 

[alwslate]

Hard to say what motivates a company to make such a decision.
Publicity maybe, maybe they think the increased traffic from the 75%
of people who don't smoke will compensate for loss of profit. Whatever
their motive the fact that tobacco use is only harmful and is of no
positive value whatsoever to the user makes it hard to fault CVS.

 

[Mydogmax]

Never knew that they sold tobacco products in the first place and I don't think this will cause an onslaught of non-smokers to flood CVS with business. Perhaps it's a PC move. Who knows? They are getting a good deal of free publicity from it but that will die down soon.

 

[williamlayton]

BOTTOM LINE
It is their business and they can run it the way they want to.
Blessings

 

[Leonard]

While I cannot stomach the smell of tobacco products it is a legal product people have the right to use it. The other side of that is I have the right not to have to smell it which has been dealt with in restaurants , bars and workplaces. But tobacco products are normally carried in drugstores, gas stations etc. Its not up to the retailer to attempt to force or make it more difficult for their customers to smoke. If Wall Mart decided ammo was too dangerous and quite selling it to make it more difficult to obtain would those of you that support CVS,s move feel the same?

 

[doublesharp]

One of my pet peeves is to be behind a customer in the check out line who buys a pack of smokes. Often it turns into a several minute transaction when the clerk must identify and find the brand wanted (too many choices) and then check id of the customer. Not a big deal but it is an annoyance that CVS customers won't have to deal with.