Yeah, but pulling razor blades off the shelves wouldn't make them cutting edge...ha,ha get it, cutting edge, razor blades...no, nothing? Seriously though, with eliminating cigarettes it gives the perception that they care more about your health. It sets them apart from other pharmacies and that is where they can cash in. The sales are falling so they jump ahead and take advantage of being the ones to get rid if them because they care that much about you. They're willing to give up that profit cause they are interested in health, now are t they so much more trustworthy than rite aid? Rite aide just wants your money. Your child is sick, now who are you going to go to to get her healthy again? CVS who case about you, or that rite aide who peddles cancer?
It's a PR game...
You could be correct. I still don't believe discontinuing a profitable product was done to gain future market share by setting them apart. You can still get a 6 pack of beer, a Snickers bar, and a bag of Doritos while picking up your blood pressure medicine at CVS.
My guess is that down the road, pharmacies that choose to discontinue selling tobacco products will be rewarded with some kind of tax incentive to make up for the loss of tobacco sales. CVS' announcement was to create the national debate in order to lead up to some jack-off legislator sponsoring a bill that will "incentivize" pharmacies not to sell tobacco products.
You could be correct. I still don't believe discontinuing a profitable product was done to gain future market share by setting them apart. You can still get a 6 pack of beer, a Snickers bar, and a bag of Doritos while picking up your blood pressure medicine at CVS.
My guess is that down the road, pharmacies that choose to discontinue selling tobacco products will be rewarded with some kind of tax incentive to make up for the loss of tobacco sales. CVS' announcement was to create the national debate in order to lead up to some jack-off legislator sponsoring a bill that will "incentivize" pharmacies not to sell tobacco products.
"legislator sponsoring a bill that will "incentivize" pharmacies not to sell tobacco products"
Dumb @ss legislation is nothing new. The Bush Tax Cuts for the Rich, is a good example.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Something is up, that's for sure. I wonder where Katie Couric and the other "journalists" who report these half-stories get their cigarettes from?
Probably from convenient stores like most people.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
AND vitamins should also be taken off the shelves.........they are not fda approved.....well unless if the companies that manufacture and wholesale these vitamins are political contributors.
ya just can't make this stuff up.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
LMAO! Henry wants CVS, a pharmacy, to stop selling drugs!
Nope I just find it funny how the side effects are worse then what they are attempting to fix, those legal drugs are now killing more people then illegal drugs at over 100,000 people per year.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
AND vitamins should also be taken off the shelves.........they are not fda approved.....well unless if the companies that manufacture and wholesale these vitamins are political contributors.
ya just can't make this stuff up.
Dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors are not required to obtain approval from FDA before marketing dietary supplements. Before a firm markets a dietary supplement, the firm is responsible for ensuring that ~the products it manufactures or distributes are safe ~any claims made about the products are not false or misleading ~the products comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and FDA regulations in all other respects
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Today, we’ve announced that we are ending the sales of tobacco in all 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores by October 1. As a health care company, it’s time for us to take a stand and to put our customers, colleagues and patients on a path to better health.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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WNYT-TV updated 2/6/2014 9:18:30 PM ET Print Font: A few weeks ago, Price Chopper launched a sort of 'doc in the box'. It's a site, in some stores, where you can check your blood pressure, get health care advice and answers to some health questions from a doctor who you talk to on the phone. Now, two of the supermarkets are offering enhanced care at what they're calling 'quick care' clinics. It's a partnership between Price Chopper and Ellis Medicine. "We're really happy to be able to have this quick care clinic," Neil Golub said. In our super busy, work a day world, Price Chopper Supermarkets and Ellis Medicine want to make sure you don't skimp on health care. So they've created mini-clinics at two stores, Latham and Malta, where you can be seen by a nurse practitioner for minor health issues like sore throat, cough, or nasty cold. "Anybody with a more complex history or even on physical exam, if you were to detect anything more complicated beyond the scope of this practice we would refer them to an urgent care or the emergency department, whichever was appropriate," Ellen Boyle of Ellis Medicine said. The key is to keep you out of those sites if your condition doesn't warrant that level of care. These quick care clinics will be open 7 days a week from 10- 6. The cost is 40 dollars, which at this point the visit is not covered by insurance. But as Price Chopper's Neil Golub points out, it's worth the price. "So, if you gotta cold you can come over here and have somebody see you and talk to you and give you good advice on what to do," Golub said. "Then you can go over to the other side of the store and get chicken soup to help get rid of your cold."
this is GROSS.....really really gross.....ill people in a grocery store....that's just wrong....I can't even buy food at CVS...I hate shopping at super walmart.....food with automotive stuff etc....
we are being set up like 3rd world flea markets...good model for health 'care'......
national health 'care' insurance in the hands of giant evil corporations via tax $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
wow!!! amazing
go to price chopper piss in a cup and go marketing while your urine is tested....PRICELESS......hahahahaha
body fluids and groceries.....
buy some carrots while you wait for you HIV test....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Maybe the could make a deal with some of the Sunoco stations. Check your oil, check your bp.
I found an article on the CVS issue where the author is thinking along the same lines as some of us: The widespread consensus that CVS decided to benevolently forego the $2 billion in annual tobacco sales might not be what it’s cracked out to be. Firstly, Dr. Troyen Brennan, the company’s chief medical officer, stated that “CVS Caremark believes that now is the time for retailers, perhaps spurred by policy makers, to eliminate sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products by institutions that also have pharmacies.” CVS isn’t merely taking voluntary action, they’re also publicly calling for coercive measures to undermine the business models of their competitors and the integrity of consumer choice. And that’s something to celebrate?
There's more: "Whether this has been prompted by government isn’t entirely clear, but with the lucrative Affordable Care Act and the carefully coordinated social media campaign with the White House, it certainly has some of the hallmarks of ‘Blue Eagle’-style corporatism. At least the skeptics among us won’t be too surprised if government rules or Congress legislates that any pharmacy receiving government funds via Medicare or Medicaid can no longer sell products they deem unwholesome." The article is worth reading, it's a good one.
Maybe the could make a deal with some of the Sunoco stations. Check your oil, check your bp.
I found an article on the CVS issue where the author is thinking along the same lines as some of us: The widespread consensus that CVS decided to benevolently forego the $2 billion in annual tobacco sales might not be what it’s cracked out to be. Firstly, Dr. Troyen Brennan, the company’s chief medical officer, stated that “CVS Caremark believes that now is the time for retailers, perhaps spurred by policy makers, to eliminate sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products by institutions that also have pharmacies.” CVS isn’t merely taking voluntary action, they’re also publicly calling for coercive measures to undermine the business models of their competitors and the integrity of consumer choice. And that’s something to celebrate?
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/02.....brate/#ixzz2sftY6yQ8 There's more: "Whether this has been prompted by government isn’t entirely clear, but with the lucrative Affordable Care Act and the carefully coordinated social media campaign with the White House, it certainly has some of the hallmarks of ‘Blue Eagle’-style corporatism. At least the skeptics among us won’t be too surprised if government rules or Congress legislates that any pharmacy receiving government funds via Medicare or Medicaid can no longer sell products they deem unwholesome." The article is worth reading, it's a good one.
WOW! What an interesting article! I wonder who wrote it??? The SOURCE? Oh... The DAILY CALLER! And just who is the Daily Caller??? Some news group? A non biased research group??? Oh no!!!
Really! Ya gotta check this out!
Talk about "FAIR AND BALANCED"!
From their 'about us' section: About Us Founded in 2010 by Tucker Carlson, a 20-year veteran journalist, (THE FOXSNOOZE HACK!) and Neil Patel, former chief policy advisor to Vice President Cheney,
OMG!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
RIGHT! In a time when a SuperBowl commercial can cost $4million for a 30 second ad, CVS is investing it's promotion dollars in this Anti Cig campaign. CVS cares about you... (If you have dollars to spend) and CVS is hoping this sets them apart from all the rest to attract your dollars.
CVS cares about you by limiting your personal choices, because the board of directors of a multi billion dollar company knows how you and every American should live your life. In 4 years CVS will stop offering the morning after pill, follow by a republican president endorsing the corporate decision, and Box will be seething with anger.
CVS cares about you by limiting your personal choices, because the board of directors of a multi billion dollar company knows how you and every American should live your life. In 4 years CVS will stop offering the morning after pill, follow by a republican president endorsing the corporate decision, and Box will be seething with anger.
the morning after pill and viagra will be sold in a combo pack much like the his/her fun lubricant packages
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
CVS cares about you by limiting your personal choices, because the board of directors of a multi billion dollar company knows how you and every American should live your life. In 4 years CVS will stop offering the morning after pill, follow by a republican president endorsing the corporate decision, and Box will be seething with anger.
Restaurants don't sell cosmetics, so they are limiting your personal choices. Gas Stations don't sell designer clothes so they are limiting your personal choices. Drugstores don't sell Surf and Turf sit down dinners, so they are limiting your personal choices. Movie theaters don't sell cigarettes so they are limiting your personal choices. They all know how you and every American should live your life. GET REAL !!!!!!!!
JUST BECAUSE SISSY SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO...BUT HE THINKS IT DOES!!!!! JUST BECAUSE MC1 SAYS SO DOESN'T MAKE IT SO!!!!!
Box, a freelance writer by the name of Ewan Watt is the 'source' of the article. Tucker Carlson did not write it. I did not expect you to read it, only some of the other posters, who I thought might be interested in the man's take on the topic. You are the only one who thinks this decision has anything to do with health.
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