I never bought 1 pack of cigs at CVS when I smoked, so no diff to me. They can not sell cigs if they want. They do still sell booze though. But I never bought any of that from them either.
CVS is trying to steal our thunder.
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@Robert Cromwell I haven't been in a CVS in 3 years, but selling alcohol and not tobacco is the epitome of stupid. Lol because alcohol has never caused any health issues.
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Health issues is the minor part of the problems that alcohol causes. Or to be more exact the excessive consumption of alcohol.
Continued consumption over a long period of time does cause significant liver damage. One substance is no less dangerous than another.
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They said they stopped selling cigs cause they wanted to focus on health and cigarettes didn't fit that agenda. But a 24 pack of coors light is?
Yep lost a friend to liver damage from drinking and tylenol destroying his liver. A very bad combination.
The laws are crazy, but many of them are implemented by the county and not by TABC. The membership thing is definitely county by county and it's not about tracking drinking habits. It's there because the county is dry and the only way to sell alcohol is in a private club. Here in Fort Worth, one can drink in a bar without any sort of membership.
Meh...I've never had any use for CVS anyway. We have a CVS and Walgreens within spitting distance from where we live, literally across the street from each other, and while Walgreens isn't exactly cheap, I always always go there, 100 times out of 100, because they are not only cheaper than CVS, MUCH cheaper, they're better stocked, larger, and it's super convenient when I only need to buy one or two things, since it's so close. CVS can suck it.
I can't remember ever buying cigs at a CVS, but its possible considering how long I smoked. However, their statement is rather amusing 
. Sure, addicts all immediately quit instead of just going to the next store
. Sure, addicts all immediately quit instead of just going to the next store
I was just talking about their claim with my friend when shopping for beer and realized that if the stop and shop stopped selling ipa's, my drinking would definitely decrease. Just cause they are across the street. So if cvs has enough stores where they were across the street from everybody, and everybody was as extremely lazy as I was.... Its possible their stupid decision could decrease smoking?
CVS didn't stop selling cigarettes for concerns of promoting it's customers health, they had to stop selling them to be re-branded as a health care provider under new Obamacare laws, many of their stores have already opened their "Minute Clinics" which have physicians and nurse practitioners in them.
Our ins forces us to use CVS or a pharmacy affiliated with them to fill prescriptions. Our little local pharmacy had to become affiliated with them to stay in business. On one of my prescriptions, CVS wouldn't reimburse them enough for the cost of the prescription and would have cost them $80 to fill it. My husband took it to CVS to fill. They said they weren't taking "new patients" and refused to fill it.
Took it to Safeway and they've filled it every time with no hassle. The one at Safeway is affiliated, go figure. CVS also says if you fill a prescription at a pharmacy that also sells tobacco, you have to pay a higher price to fill it. This is very helpful for people who live in small communities. I loath CVS beyond words.- Status
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