Read this in the news today. What a shame. It's always nice to have a drugstore that carries the popular blends (Captain Black et al.) just in case I'm out and about and running out of baccy. I hope Walgreens does not follow.
CVS Stores to Stop Selling Tobacco
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Just saw this on the news this morning as well. Interesting that CVS is the same drug store chain that had at least two of its pharmacies raided by the DEA for alleged abuses of prescription pain killers. Now I guess they want to take "the high road" by banning tobacco products! Wonder if their CVS pharmacies in Colorado will replace the tobacco shelves with cannabis?
They have had a law up North that will not allow anywhere that sell pharmaceuticals to also carry tobacco. This has been in place for close to 10 years now. In fact, I seem to remember that being one of the first steps before tobacco prices sky rocketed. I hope that isn't the casse for you gents.
I'm sure the decision is based more on declining sales and stale inventory that sits forever on their shelf. But they sure as hell aren't going to miss an opportunity to crow from the rooftops how great they are. Corporate Whore/Politics 101, make it "about the children".
Out here in CO, CVS is not a major player - we have Walgreen's and Rite-Aid, neither of which seem to stock anything pipe-related (at least in the stores I've been in since I started smoking a pipe). I've seen Zippo lighters for sale on Walgreen's website, but that's about it.
I prefer my local B&M anyway.
I prefer my local B&M anyway.
Walgreens in my town hasn't sold pipe tobacco in some years.The last time I was in Rite-Aid they still did.That was probably a year ago though.A grocery store not far from my house sells some pipe tobacco.It's priced a bit high though.
The manager of my local CVS told me this was coming two years ago. So what? If they think smokers are going to quit because they abandon 2 BILLION bucks in revenue to the competition then it's a good reason to avoid buying their stock.
So it's ok to fund healthcare programs with tobacco money but not ok to actually sell tobacco in a drug store? :roll:
I've heard other good points throughout the day. Alcohol can lead to liver damage. Will they next stop selling alcohol too? Sugary foods can lead to diabetes. Will they stop selling candy?
It would mot be surprising to see Walgreens and Rite Aid follow suit in the near future. Just think of the tax loss for the states. Maybe they will make up for it with the legalization of marijuana.
Dip shites.
Dip shites.
CVS put a store up directly across the street from a well established Walgreens where I live not too long ago. At any given time, there are roughly four times as many cars in the Walgreens parking lot as are in the CVS parking lot. Every time my girlfriend and I would pass the construction site on our way home, I would ask her if the people at CVS were total fools, or just unaware of the neighboring Walgreens. We never came to a definitive conclusion.
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