Walmart gives Big Tobacco a Nice Gift: No more E-Cig Sales

[jlazarus]

Walmart said Friday it will stop selling e-cigarettes as the number of deaths tied to vaping grows and federal officials prepare to crack down on the industry.

The decision from America's largest retailer may influence other stores and marks a significant blow to the vaping industry.
"Given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at all Walmart and Sam's Club US locations," the company said in a statement. "We will complete our exit after selling through current inventory."

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Walmart will stop selling e-cigarettes - CNN

 

[bombastinator]

I dunno how big it is. Someone posted exactly what Walmart was selling which was rather scary looking cigalikes called ‘mystics’ or something.

 

[Cgeckorun]

the prices on there products were to high

 

[Nameless for now]

Walmart to End Sales of E-Cigarettes as Vaping Concerns Mount

Walmart to End Sales of E-Cigarettes as Vaping Concerns Mount

 

[Rossum]

I bet they still sell traditional cigarettes though.

 

[CaveFurby]

Hmmmm. How very community-minded of them. Wonder if they're still carrying the Juul?

 

[classwife]

Merged duplicate threads

 

[Jwaterski]

I bet they still sell traditional cigarettes though.

Crazy ain't it!

 

[ScottP]

No big loss. How many of us bought anything we use from Wal-Mart anyway. I honestly can't even remember the last time I set foot in a Wal-Mart.

 

[WorksForMe]

I quit smoking using Mistic brand cig-a-likes I got from Walmart. Of course, then I found ECF and moved up to better cig-a-likes.

 

[mightymen]

I bet they still sell traditional cigarettes though.

Don't they also offer health insurance...

 

[stols001]

Yes. If you qualify. The majority of their employees are on AHCCCS which I hear is actually better than Walmart's which is RATHER SHADY INDEED.

Sadly, in the town I live in I can buy my groceries at Walmart.... Or Food City. Honestly, in Tucson I bought a LOT of my groceries from Food City but like, they got the ACTUAL Mexican produce which doesn't taste like plastic.

This food city is TOO close to the border. When you walk in it smells like wet hay and the produce doesn't taste like plastic like Walmart's does, but it does taste absolutely horrible and it's like totally unripe. I have had A tomato from there where like my teeth bounced off when I tried to eat it.

I still buy my Virgin of Guadalupe candles from there for fitty cents when like, I need some white magic but that is about ALL I buy and ALSO like, they candles work. The Food City ones are the only ones that do, though.

I have never bought any type of vape or tobacco product from Walmart and it is my fervent hope never to do so (they make you wait in some special other "shame" line and it takes forever) so no big loss for me.

Anna

 

[Nermal]

Yes. If you qualify. The majority of their employees are on AHCCCS which I hear is actually better than Walmart's which is RATHER SHADY INDEED.

Sadly, in the town I live in I can buy my groceries at Walmart.... Or Food City. Honestly, in Tucson I bought a LOT of my groceries from Food City but like, they got the ACTUAL Mexican produce which doesn't taste like plastic.

This food city is TOO close to the border. When you walk in it smells like wet hay and the produce doesn't taste like plastic like Walmart's does, but it does taste absolutely horrible and it's like totally unripe. I have had A tomato from there where like my teeth bounced off when I tried to eat it.

I still buy my Virgin of Guadalupe candles from there for fitty cents when like, I need some white magic but that is about ALL I buy and ALSO like, they candles work. The Food City ones are the only ones that do, though.

I have never bought any type of vape or tobacco product from Walmart and it is my fervent hope never to do so (they make you wait in some special other "shame" line and it takes forever) so no big loss for me.

Anna

In my town, Farmington, NM, I have to go to Walmart for produce. I got peaches as smiths. As you say, the Smiths' peaches bounced off my teeth on day one. Day two, pulpy and flavorless. Day three - like really big raisins.

 

[jlazarus]

While I'd never purchase an ecig from Walmart, I think it's a rather huge deal in that fact that it's a barometer of vaping hysteria. When places like Walmart sell CIGARETTES, which kill 1300 people a day, but stop selling vapes because.....hysteria.

 

[CarolT]

That means more business for small businesses.