February 05, 2014

CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products
— Open Blogger

CVS announced that it will stop selling tobacco products in all of its stores by October of this year.

CVS, the nation's second largest pharmacy chain, said Wednesday that it would stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products nationwide by October, saying they have no place in a drugstore company that is trying to become more of a health-care provider.
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For CVS, the move will be costly. The drugstore chain estimates it will lose $2 billion in annual revenue from tobacco and other sundries as a result, which amounts to about six to nine cents a share this year and about 17 cents annually from next year on. CVS, with annual revenue of more than $123 billion, projects its 2014 earnings will be $4.36 to $4.50 a share.

They are a private company (publicly traded) and entitled to make whatever business decision they see fit. While I never discourage personal boycotts, I think an organized one would be silly. Many people support Hobby Lobby's right to not provide abortion coverage to employees on moral grounds. The same should be true for a company like CVS.

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1 Frist

Posted by: real joe at February 05, 2014 07:18 AM (xXhgd)

2 I'm all boxed in!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:18 AM (MPIX5)

3 Tobacco sales will move to the grey market.

Posted by: fluffy at February 05, 2014 07:18 AM (Ua6T/)

4 BenK is quick!

Posted by: fluffy at February 05, 2014 07:19 AM (Ua6T/)

5 I won't let this interfere with my decision to take up smoking as a hobby.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 07:19 AM (B2ZQ0)

6 Free at last!  Free at last!  Thank Gawd alimighty, I'm free at last!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:19 AM (MPIX5)

7
They are a private company (publicly traded) and entitled to make whatever business decision they see fit.








Yeah, but that's kind of a gray area.......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2014 07:19 AM (TIIx5)

8 More money for Walgreen's.

Posted by: EC at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (Nyq7O)

9 WHAT ABOUT E-CIGARETTES?!?!?!?

I'M OUTRAGED ABOUT THAT TODAY!!!!

Posted by: Sen. Richard Blumethal (D-NannyState) at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (NXg/k)

10 Can't stand CVS.
Maybe if they sold ammo, I would reconsider.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (DHj6D)

11 Clears shelf-space for medical marijuana.

Posted by: Andy at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (vGQV1)

12 I'M OUTRAGED ABOUT THAT TODAY!!!!  Posted by: Sen. Richard Blumethal (D-NannyState) at February 05, 2014 11:20 AM (NXg/k)

I'm outraged you claimed you were a Vietnam vet.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (MPIX5)

13 3 They will if Banion has anything to say about it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (6bMeY)

14 Don't smoke anymore but when I did CVS was always one of the most expensive places to get them iirc.

Posted by: Adam at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (Aif/5)

15 Exactly, Ben. This is a private company who made a decision that may or may not be in their own best interest. It is their prerogative to do so.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 07:20 AM (DmNpO)

16 It's a dumb move, do you really think a surge of business is going to come in through the door because a pharmacy no longer sells tobacco?  The drug stores here carry liquor, I never gave it a second thought that somehow a pharmacy must be all health products.

Some crusading liberal at the company made this call and will never have to answer to the billions lost in revenue.  And do you really think a single person will quit smoking over this?

Posted by: McAdams at February 05, 2014 07:21 AM (2BiNW)

17

Cigarettes  killed my uncle Bill

We knew one day they'd get 'im.

He bent over in the street to pick one up

and a bus went by and hit 'im.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 05, 2014 07:21 AM (lHb9q)

18 I have been meaning to take up E-Cigarettes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (6bMeY)

19 That, may friends, is a great example of "nudging."
You have free will, but we'll control all of your choices.
I'm sure we'll see other national chains follow suit. Wonder who is pressuring them behind the scenes.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (POpqt)

20 What if Camel agreed to label all their packages "Marijuana alternative"?

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (BKHpB)

21 CVS is a bunch of idiots. They constantly get my meds wrong. Dosage and actual drugs. And they short me pills. Bastards.

Posted by: NCKate at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (Eed4A)

22

BOYCOTT!!!!

 

full disclosure ( I have a very  large stake in Walgreens)

 

*please Walgreens do not  follow in this path.   

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (m2CN7)

23 Speaking of CVS, let's not forget this: http://tinyurl.com/m4ozhe9 CVS can do whatever they want. And I will refuse to shop there all I want.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (7ObY1)

24 AS long as I can get free rubbers at CVS, I don't care what else they sell.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (B2ZQ0)

25 Certainly they are free to do this. But one reason I frequent Wal-Mart a lot more than Target here is WM sells smokes & Target does not.

Posted by: backhoe at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (ULH4o)

26 I'm fine with this.  I really don't get the modern thing where pharmacies carry practically one of everything you'd find in a Walmart except at double the price.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2014 07:22 AM (B/VB5)

27

I find it strikingly odd that the preznit had a written statement ready for release shortly after CVS's announcement.

 

What evs' as I quit years ago. Its a personal choice but a goverment sanctioned drug like alcohol. As an ex-smoker I see the folly in smoking but will not fault those that choose to smoke unlike the nazis that want to ban anything they think is bad for you.

Posted by: Gmac at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (4pjhs)

28 LOUD NOISES!!!!

Posted by: Brick Tamland at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (vgIRn)

29 Yet they will still sell anal lube.

Posted by: wooga at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (1GhKT)

30 When they find out how much money is to be made from selling weed, they'll change their tune, like pronto, brah.

Posted by: Fritz at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (UzPAd)

31 "The drugstore chain estimates it will lose $2 billion in annual revenue from tobacco and other sundries as a result..."

Yeah, how are they making up those loses? Did they get an Obamacare waiver or some other federal gift in exchange for this?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (POpqt)

32 They will if Banion has anything to say about it.  Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 11:20 AM (6bMeY)

Someday Boss.  Someday...you too will do something barrel worthy.

And when that day comes, I'm gonna laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

I'm watchin' you.

::: does the two fingers to the eyes thingy :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (MPIX5)

33 Cigarette sales should be left to the Indians anyway.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (B2ZQ0)

34

If you think its in the best interest of the shareholders, have at it Haus. 

Posted by: WisRich at February 05, 2014 07:23 AM (hdpay)

35 Fine, I hate CVS anyway

Posted by: phreshone at February 05, 2014 07:24 AM (Q6pxP)

36 I didn't realize CVS was still in business. I thought all drug stores were Walgreens now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:24 AM (6bMeY)

37 Yet they will still sell anal lube. Posted by: wooga at February 05, 2014 11:23 AM (1GhKT)

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:24 AM (MPIX5)

38 CVS is a bunch of idiots. They constantly get my meds wrong. Dosage and actual drugs. And they short me pills. Bastards.

Posted by: NCKate at February 05, 2014 11:22 AM (Eed4A)


Me too!  Same for my boyfriend's scripts.  I HATE that place.  Walgreen's has cheaper cigs, anyhow.


Posted by: PAgirlinNC at February 05, 2014 07:24 AM (mPKiR)

39 THEY SELL BOTTLED WATER TOO!?!?!?!

I'M OUTRAGED!!1!1!!

Posted by: Sen. Richard Blumethal (D-NannyState) at February 05, 2014 07:24 AM (NXg/k)

40 I'm surprised this is news. I kind of assumed pharmacies didn't sell tobacco to begin with.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 07:24 AM (0LHZx)

41 12 I'M OUTRAGED ABOUT THAT TODAY!!!! Posted by: Sen. Richard Blumethal (D-NannyState) at February 05, 2014 11:20 AM (NXg/k)
I'm outraged you claimed you were a Vietnam vet.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 05, 2014 11:20 AM (MPIX5)
I'm outraged that the voters knew he was a lying scum bag and still voted for him.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 05, 2014 07:25 AM (juDHN)

42 Connecticut's Senator Blue Menthol is a nanny-state buffoon. However, "conservative" Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin doesn't like e-cigs at state parks. What is going on here?

Posted by: Furious George at February 05, 2014 07:25 AM (yFb77)

43 33 Cigarette sales should be left to the Indians anyway. Here in NYS, unless you're filthy rich, The Rez is the only way to go for smokers. NYS took away their right to sell brand name smokes tax-free, a couple of years ago. Now they can only sell Indian-made smokes tax-free. You can buy tons of stuff tax-free on Reservations. I buy everything I can on The Rez. I enjoy starving the Beast and sticking it to The Man.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:25 AM (7ObY1)

44 But we were counting on those tax dollars

Posted by: California Legislature at February 05, 2014 07:25 AM (Q6pxP)

45 so Walgreens stock must be doing very well

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 07:25 AM (zOTsN)

46 I find it strikingly odd that the preznit had a written statement ready for release shortly after CVS's announcement.  Posted by: Gmac at February 05, 2014 11:23 AM (4pjhs)


Press release for CVS decision:  2 hours
Press release for Benghazi: 4 days

Draw your own conclusions.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:25 AM (MPIX5)

47 I didn't realize CVS was still in business.

CVS still has a contract with Tricare.  Walgreens doesn't. 

Posted by: no good deed at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (vBhbc)

48 Ultimately, less smoking is a good thing. Period. Kudos to CVS for this decision. That said, I'm pretty sure you can buy junk food at CVS. Same with alcohol, at least in my state. It seems their concern for their customer's health only extends to most socially unacceptable way of killing yourself slowly.

Posted by: TenthJustice at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (BUaSt)

49 On the other hand, CVS also announced that it will continue to sell lawn darts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (B2ZQ0)

50 When raiders riding radioactive giant scorpions attack our walled towns CVS will see revenue drop again.

Posted by: eman at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (AO9UG)

51 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 05, 2014 11:21 AM (lHb9q) You friggin' crack me up!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (bCEmE)

52 Eight months to turn inventory? Too slow.

Posted by: Yonithin Barelomious at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (ve+t5)

53 Yet they will still sell anal lube



Easy now, smoking and pole smoking are two different things. Plus we don't want to get a lecture from Ace and Gabe on the glories of sodomy.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (BKHpB)

54 ""conservative" Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin doesn't like e-cigs at state parks."

E-fire hazard?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (DHj6D)

55 That's a win for Walgreens

Posted by: brak at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (NaTky)

56 >>CVS is a bunch of idiots. They constantly get my meds wrong. Dosage and actual drugs


They could've killed my newborn son with a faulty prescription that was incorrectly mixed so that it was 6X the specified strength. Luckily we ran it by the NICU nurse and she freaked out. Will never get drugs from them.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (POpqt)

57 40 I'm surprised this is news. I kind of assumed pharmacies didn't sell tobacco to begin with. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 11:24 AM (0LHZx) Have you never been in a CVS or Walgreens?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (bCEmE)

58 Yeah, how are they making up those loses? Did they get an Obamacare waiver or some other federal gift in exchange for this? See my link at #23.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (7ObY1)

59 I'm fine with this. I really don't get the modern thing where pharmacies carry practically one of everything you'd find in a Walmart except at double the price.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2014 11:22 AM (B/VB5)

 

Its all about the convience of shopping.   I go to the drugstores  when I don't want to have the hassle  you  have at a Walmart,  ie; parking , checkout.  

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:26 AM (m2CN7)

60 So MLS just announced that David Beckham is starting a new soccer team in Miami. The success of MLS during the Great Recession nicely illustrates the growing inequality the Left claims to hate and claims to be fighting so hard against. MLS has nearly doubled in size now. It has boomed during the Great Recession. Routinely setting attendance records. It has a niche fan base of rich, big city whites. It's not poor Mexican immigrants that have boosted MLS. Soccer became a kinda cool cultural affectation among wealthy urban whites. It's really boomed in Seattle and Portland, two of the whitest (and least black or hispanic) cities in America.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (ZPrif)

61 I don't really care. I haven't shopped in a convenience store more than a handful of times in the past decade. I guess if I want OTC drugs, maybe they have more selection than other stores? Everything else is more expensive than grocery stores or Wal-Mart/Target.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (Djwm9)

62
Walgreens.  A Scandi company.  E-Nuff said.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (P6QsQ)

63 If you were a CVS stockholder, could you sue them for willfully devaluing their stock? Seriously asking for a friend, since I can't afford to buy stock because funemployment.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (0HooB)

64 Damn, now what am I going to do? I already don't shop at Walgreens because they don't accept Tricare.

Posted by: Scott in Nebraska at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (uvSS0)

65 CVS has found the hill they want to die on. Good on them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (6bMeY)

66 First they came for the cigarettes, and I said nothing because I wasn't a smoker.

Next they came for the Doritos...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 07:27 AM (B2ZQ0)

67 Hmmm... at the local CVS, both the candy isle, and the Alcohol isle, are MUCH larger than the Cigarette stand behind the counter... Interesting... choice...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (84gbM)

68 That said, I'm pretty sure you can buy junk food at CVS. Miles of aisles of junk food. Ever see their candy department? It's ginormous.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (7ObY1)

69 The notion of "morality" being the most essential aspect of a business transaction was demonstrated to me by the book "The Rhinemann Exchange." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rhinemann_Exchange There was a time when the vast majority of businesses were led by people with an objective moral compass, and I think the nation is better off when such people run businesses.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (bb5+k)

70 I'm outraged that the voters knew he was a lying scum bag and still voted for him.

Don't you know that I am the biggest supporter of Veterans in Congress?

Did you know my son is in the military? 

(Is that a TV camera over there?  excuse me, won't you?)

Posted by: Sen. Richard Blumethal (D-NannyState) at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (NXg/k)

71 Don't care. But Bill Clinton was banging Liz Hurley? Respect.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (4+AaH)

72 Someone should ask them when they will stop carrying soft drinks.  And candy.  And chips.  And, and, and...maybe they should just go out of business now.  It's the only right thing to do.

Posted by: Mayday at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (eHc+1)

73 If you were a CVS stockholder, could you sue them for willfully devaluing their stock?


No.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (B2ZQ0)

74 What's a Tricare?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (6bMeY)

75 I didn't realize CVS was still in business.

CVS still has a contract with Tricare. Walgreens doesn't.

Posted by: no good deed at February 05, 2014 11:26 AM (vBhbc)

 

I think Walgreens does now.  Tricare utilizes Express Scripts as their PBM and Walgreens has resolved their contract dispute with Express Scripts.  

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:28 AM (m2CN7)

76 Hobby lobby and cvs are apples and oranges, hobby lobby is not a publicly traded company, cvs is publicly traded and has a fiduciary responsibility to its share holders / owners. slobbering on any obamas knob is not honoring their fiduciary responsibility.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (rDidD)

77 Their prerogative, sure. Shareholders prerogative to sell their shares I guess too. I'm curious what corporate principle the management is following here though. Management and the board have fiduciary duties to the shareholders. Dumping $2b in revenue seems like possibly a breach owed to shareholders. Is their corporate objective to save the world?If I were huge shareholder who objected to this I would be pissed.

Posted by: California red at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (L39bP)

78 Gov. Fallin was told that there wasn't enough e-water in the reservoirs.

Posted by: Furious George at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (yFb77)

79 They can make the decision not to carry them, but I wonder why they're doing so other than a PR bump or the costs of keeping clerks with the proper clearances working the register. The three things that virtually guarantee a lot of business to most stores are sales of alcohol, tobacco, and/or lottery tickets. Most stores wouldn't give up those clearances without a fight.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (/Crba)

80 Not bothered about this really. (Full disclosure: never smoked anything in my life.) Cigs are bad for health, and CVS's rationale makes sense, and this is their personal decision. People can always buy their cigs elsewhere, and as mentioned, CVS will probably lose a lot of revenue from this move. So, whatevs.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (r+7wo)

81 If you were a CVS stockholder, could you sue them for willfully devaluing their stock? Seriously asking for a friend, since I can't afford to buy stock because funemployment. *** This decision would have been run by the board and majority stakeholders already.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (DmNpO)

82 Benk, why the hell would conservatives boycott CVS for not selling butts? Are we really this stupid?

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (iwCB8)

83 I bought my waffle iron at the drug store. Only ten bucks! Works great.

Posted by: Yonithin Barelomious at February 05, 2014 07:29 AM (ve+t5)

84 True, Ben, but I wonder what the shareholders think. My bet is CVS will be benefitting from some sweet Administration corporate welfare or regulatory advantage in the not so distant future. Companies don't take these sorts of losses with no incentive.

Posted by: Y-not aka t-shirt at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (zDsvJ)

85 Start shorting CVS stock like a coke fiend.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (6bMeY)

86 I know a lot of people here aren't big fans of Target, but their pharmacies are far superior to CVS, Walgreens or Walmart

Posted by: phreshone at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (Q6pxP)

87 slobbering on any obamas knob is not honoring their fiduciary responsibility.  Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 11:29 AM (rDidD)

The hell it isn't!

Posted by: Jeffrey Immelt[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (MPIX5)

88 FWIW, I don't suspect a boycott of sorts. What I do expect is people simply to stop going there because it's more convenient to go somewhere else and get everything in one stop. I never got boycotts based on policy, however 100s of thousands (millions?) of simultaneous economic decisions can be worse than a single boycott.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (GaqMa)

89 Next they came for the Doritos...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 11:27 AM (B2ZQ0)

 

***

 

Have you tried the new e-Doritos?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (lHb9q)

90 36 I didn't realize CVS was still in business. I thought all drug stores were Walgreens now? --- There's a Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid on every other corner in Baton Rouge. In some cases, there are 2 or 3 of them at the same intersection.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (/Crba)

91 Whoa. What's this about banging Elizabeth Hurley?

Posted by: Furious George at February 05, 2014 07:30 AM (yFb77)

92 Have you never been in a CVS or Walgreens?

Posted by: Tami at February 05, 2014 11:26 AM (bCEmE)


___________


I very rarely frequent either of them. Since I don't buy cigarettes, I didn't really make a mental note that they sell or don't sell cigarettes, the odd times I've been in one of their stores.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 07:31 AM (0LHZx)

93 It has a niche fan base of rich, big city whites. It's not poor Mexican immigrants that have boosted MLS. Soccer became a kinda cool cultural affectation among wealthy urban whites. It's really boomed in Seattle and Portland, two of the whitest (and least black or hispanic) cities in America. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 11:27 AM (ZPrif) Joe I have to disagree Here in Houston the popularity in soccer is directly related to the Hispanic immigrant population. Which is everywhere, not just Texas

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 07:31 AM (zOTsN)

94 I mean, do we really have idiots on our side who would consider a boycott over this? If you want a reason to boycott CVS, do it because they accept EBT cards or something.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:31 AM (iwCB8)

95 86 Target has the bestest kitchen stuff "housewares" also.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:31 AM (6bMeY)

96 Have you tried the new e-Doritos?


It looks like too much work sucking all that Doritos goodness through a narrow tube.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 05, 2014 07:31 AM (B2ZQ0)

97 Do e-Doritos leave e-orange gook on your fingers?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:31 AM (7ObY1)

98 The drug store where I shop has brand named lawn fertilizer but it's way over priced. Their spring garden sales are good, and it's a good location.

Posted by: Yuan Gardner at February 05, 2014 07:32 AM (ve+t5)

99 I'd be fine with this if I were certain they were not pressured into making this choice.The 2$ billion in losses seems quite a risk in this economy, especially with talk of minimum wage hikes and the employer mandate coming down the pike. 
This is exactly what Michelle Obama has been doing with restaurants and food manufacturers - strong-arming them into changing their offerings or discontinuing those she doesn't like (like the extra large candy bars sold by Mars). They get a little something in return (ex: Obamacare waiver) and the consumer gets shafted.
It's the, "Of course you're free to smoke, just good like finding cigarettes and a place you're actually allowed to smoke them."

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 07:32 AM (POpqt)

100 95 86 Target has the bestest kitchen stuff "housewares" also. --- Shop smart, shop S-Mart!

Posted by: Ash Williams, Housewares at February 05, 2014 07:32 AM (/Crba)

101 I support their right to do this. We have 12 casinos on the Gulf Coast; one is 'smoke-free'. It seems to be doing alright, but not gangbusters. Let the free market decide.
 
But I wouldn't even consider buying a pack of smokes from a pharmacy chain; their prices are rape worthy. I get my drugs from Sams/Walmart, so I rarely set foot in a pharmacy anyhow.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 05, 2014 07:32 AM (wNF3N)

102 Suits me just fine, clears up space for more OxyContin.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at February 05, 2014 07:32 AM (BKHpB)

103 I LOVE LAMP.

Posted by: Brick Tamland at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (vgIRn)

104 Eh, I'm guessing they're more concerned about being held liable for selling them when the ever-expanding lawsuits get around to being filed against sellers of tobacco, OR there is some sort of as yet unknown Obamacare-related penalty against tobacco sellers that they have gotten wind of, or are guarding against. Or maybe they get some sort of Federal contract for their pharmacy if they don't sell, etc.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (4A8Dj)

105 MLS has not done well with TV ratings. But the boom market in live sports TV deals means that MLS still is getting a huge new TV rights contract that will pay them 3-4x their old annual contract. Miami is generally thought to be a terrible sports market. Miami is one of the poorest big cities with low average income and stifling humidity. Miami already had an MLS team once. One of the originals. It folded a decade ago. But MLS, with Beckham, will now give Miami a 2nd try.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (ZPrif)

106 Just like any other chain ,  the store is only as good as the manager  and the  people who work there.    All successful businesses have a good  customer service  plan in place .  It  just has to be implemented properly. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (m2CN7)

107 The DC United crowd is mostly Hispanic. Lots of white kids wear jerseys but they wouldn't go to the stadium.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (4+AaH)

108 Here in Houston the popularity in soccer is directly related to the Hispanic immigrant population. Which is everywhere, not just Texas Here in WNY it's directly related to the Muzzie population south of Buffalo. Remember the Lackawanna Six terror cell story, after 9/11? That area.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (7ObY1)

109 CVS can make this decision, but the drop in the price of shares could be something that pisses off their shareholders, which, given the amazing ability for anyone to find a lawyer willing to take any case, will result in a derivatives lawsuit. Mostly to the benefit of the lawyers.

Posted by: Penfold at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (Fbt5B)

110 Interesting tidbit about CVS. My MD emailed Rx to them for me, of which both MD and I agreed I could fill or not fill(Cholesterol meds). I chose not to fill, work on weight loss, more exercise instead, with her blessing. CVS sent me written formal letters describing my meds, how they were to be taken, what they were for, etc. Sent me a second letter a couple of weeks later chastising me for not getting filled, describing the horrible things that were going to happen to me by not taking said meds and cc'ing my MD that I hadn't gotten the Rx. filled. My insurance REQUIRES that I get Rx filled at CVS if I want them covered by my Rx. coverage. I cannot choose another pharmacy. CVS is right up the HHS ass. That is why the Prezy had a note ready....collusion.

Posted by: Jen at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (4t/Y9)

111
   Social engineering.

    My objection is to the principle, rather than the particular.

    This smells like coercion.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 05, 2014 07:33 AM (SAMxH)

112 <b>Although it is odd that a drug store will not sell one of the most popular drugs in the world: Tobacco!</b>

Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at February 05, 2014 07:34 AM (joSQx)

113 Lots of white kids wear jerseys but they wouldn't go to the stadium.  Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 11:33 AM (4+AaH)

There's a reason for that.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:34 AM (MPIX5)

114 I find it strikingly odd that the preznit had a written statement ready for release shortly after CVS's announcement. Posted by: Gmac at February 05, 2014 11:23 AM (4pjhs) Press release for CVS decision: 2 hours Press release for Benghazi: 4 days Draw your own conclusions. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 05, 2014 11:25 AM (MPIX5) His priorities are always on point, aren't they. And remember that he went to bed during Benghazi but felt the CVS matter was urgent enough to comment on. By the way, I didn't consider that CVS has shareholders. That puts a different light on things.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:34 AM (r+7wo)

115 Does anyone remember a couple of weeks ago when I mentioned how my city's high school teachers a few years ago sent students (as a school project) to petition our local Rite Aid and Walgreens to stop selling butts? Make no mistake: This movement was born from the Left. This is not about health or children. This is an attack on Western Capitalism. Why? Because they can.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:34 AM (iwCB8)

116 It has a niche fan base of rich, big city whites. It's not poor Mexican immigrants that have boosted MLS. Soccer became a kinda cool cultural affectation among wealthy urban whites. It's really boomed in Seattle and Portland, two of the whitest (and least black or hispanic) cities in America.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 11:27 AM (ZPrif)


________


Overall 30% of MLS fans are Hispanic. Given that nationally they make up 15% of the population, it's foolish to say MLS doesn't attract non-whites.


There is more to the MLS than Portland and Seattle.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 07:35 AM (0LHZx)

117 Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 11:32 AM (POpqt) One wonders how much of that $2billion would have actually been profit though. Sometimes you throw out stupid large numbers just to sound noble.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at February 05, 2014 07:35 AM (GaqMa)

118 Is D.C. United a new shitty airline?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:36 AM (6bMeY)

119 @113. Yeah, they don't want to get knifed.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 07:36 AM (4+AaH)

120 95 86 Target has the bestest kitchen stuff "housewares" also.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 11:31 AM (6bMeY)

Best store brand diapers. And cheaper, every day, than any deal I've seen for name brand. That keeps us going back.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 07:36 AM (Djwm9)

121 What difference does it make?

Posted by: Hillary C. at February 05, 2014 07:36 AM (5fSr7)

122
It has a niche fan base of rich, big city whites. It's not poor Mexican immigrants that have boosted MLS. Soccer became a kinda cool cultural affectation among wealthy urban whites. It's really boomed in Seattle and Portland, two of the whitest (and least black or hispanic) cities in America.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 11:27 AM (ZPrif)









American leftists really want to live in Europe, but they're too lazy to learn how to properly speak French or Italian. It's easier to skull-fuck the US into becoming New Europe.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (TIIx5)

123 Had a really great Italian deli hereabouts, old style sawdust floors and butchers cutting to order, full out bakery and all kinds of great foods you couldn't find even at the Wegman's or other delis. Was here for generations. They stopped selling smokes, closed down about a year after. Don't know if they couldn't re-up the permit [its NY, so maybe] but the loss of sales had to hurt.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (KgN8K)

124 Yeah, they don't want to get knifed.  Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 11:36 AM (4+AaH)

'zactly, esse.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (MPIX5)

125 cvs is off a dollar already.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (rDidD)

126 Knifed? Pfft. Down here we behead and dismember you.

Posted by: Buenos Aires Soccer Fans at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (Aif/5)

127 If I can't bang Elizabeth Hurley at CVS, then I won't darken their doors again.

Posted by: Furious George at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (yFb77)

128 CVS down 1.60%,  Walgreens up 1.0%

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (m2CN7)

129 118 Is D.C. United a new shitty airline?

No, its a new bipartisan committee headed by Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi on immigration.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (BKHpB)

130 When are you gonna pick me up at the park Hillster?

Posted by: Vince Foster at February 05, 2014 07:37 AM (6bMeY)

131 Meh. Don't give them the publicity of a boycott. Their lack of customer service is more offensive.

Posted by: Nora at February 05, 2014 07:38 AM (RGgMp)

132 deli with sawdust all over the floor? someone using a cookbook from the jungle?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:38 AM (rDidD)

133

I approach this the same way I approached the A and E suspension of that Duck Dynasty guy.


The question isn't if a company *can* do such a thing.  The question is if it *should*.  Do I want a multi-million dollar corporation making decisions based on what it thinks I should see, or say, or believe, or do?  Not really. 

 

Tobacco is a legal product.  It is legal to own, to sell, and to enjoy.  I for one don't care for a corporation telling me they are going to stop selling a legal product that I made an adult decision to enjoy out of some concern for my  health  or to do it for my own good.

 

Fuck em.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (eytER)

134 Its funny how nobody (CNBC WSJ or the Democrat economists) are wailing about taking $2B out of the economy. They told us we were risking a global financial collapse with the 'shutdown' that supposedly took $22B out of the economy.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (iwCB8)

135 Very difficult to boycott them when I stopped shopping there when Walgreens came to town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (6bMeY)

136 Yeah, how are they making up those loses? Did they get an Obamacare waiver or some other federal gift in exchange for this? Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 11:23 AM (POpqt) I'm wondering this, too.

Posted by: Mainah at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (659DL)

137 Looks like the detective who shot and killed the mental teen in NC has turned himself in and bonded out.

Posted by: EC at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (Nyq7O)

138 Many people support Hobby Lobby's right to not provide abortion coverage to employees on moral grounds. The same should be true for a company like CVS. --------------------------- Not exactly an apples & apples analogy. In the former case, the government is compelling an action by Hobby. In the latter case, CVS is by avocation making a statement regarding individual behavior, i.e., they do not think that people should smoke. I certainly support CVS's right to sell/not sell whatever they wish, but there is a yawnig gulf between the two cases.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (aDwsi)

139 My POS Obamacare policy requires me to get all my prescriptions at CVS. It specifically forbids me IN BOLD LETTERS from using Rite Aid or Walgreens. Coincidence? Ha.

Posted by: jeannebodine at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (2LJqa)

140 Meh. Don't give them the publicity of a boycott. Their lack of customer service is more offensive.  Posted by: Nora at February 05, 2014 11:38 AM (RGgMp)

My Mom is a cashier for CVS in her golden years.  

Frankly, most of their customers are offensive.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (MPIX5)

141 Okay, I get Clinton pulling the I can nuke the world card to score some trim, but, really, how does Tom Sizemore rate Liz Hurley?

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (4+AaH)

142 We don't have to boycott them, the smokers will.

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 07:39 AM (4JkHl)

143 CVS can sell what they want to, as long as its legal. What sucks is their pharmacy department. Slow, obnoxious and out of inventory is no way to win customers!

Posted by: MTF at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (F58x4)

144 "85 Start shorting CVS stock like a coke fiend."

Hahahaha. I can guarantee you that in the rigged game that is the equities market, a company that Does The Right Thing like CVS is going to be rewarded, not punished, by institutional investors.

I know that, and I'm just a simple football coach. One who won't be gettin' his Captain Black from CVS anymore.

Posted by: Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (T+Zre)

145 swapping cvs for walgreens is a given, they are all withing a block of each other and cvs has simply decided it will forego revenue from addicts.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (rDidD)

146

CVS isn't going to carry tobacco products anymore.

 

 

Agreed - this is 'so what' territory.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Innuendoes for Both Men and Women at the Outrage Outlet! at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (hLRSq)

147 Up here, in the far North, we have to drive many hundreds of mile to shop. It makes sense that all stores sell everything so we can make one trip to one store, and get everything we need.

Having to go to different stores just to check prices really sucks. There oughta be a law, every store sells everything and at a fair price. We could save a lot on gas.

Posted by: Wan Whiteman at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (ve+t5)

148 $ taken out of the inner city hurts The Children, does it not?

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (iwCB8)

149 I had a Grand Mother who was a lifer at People's which is CVS now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:40 AM (6bMeY)

150 There's a cute little pharmacist who's got this naughty librarian look going on that keeps me going to our local CVS. If I was thirty years younger, she'd be swatting me on the nose with a rolled up newspaper to stop me from humping her leg. B'Gal's meds have nothing to do with it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (0HooB)

151 141 Okay, I get Clinton pulling the I can nuke the world card to score some trim, but, really, how does Tom Sizemore rate Liz Hurley? Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 11:39 AM (4+AaH) At one time, Tom was on top of the Hollywood heap. Before the coke destroyed him.

Posted by: EC at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (Nyq7O)

152 The liquor store right next door has them... and val-u-rite

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (BZAd3)

153 What if Camel agreed to label all their packages "Marijuana alternative"?

Hmmm.... that's a good point.

They should start a campaign to reduce restrictions on "medicinal tobacco".

If the pot advocates can claim that marijuana is a cure-all for every ailment under the sun, why not tobacco?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (SY2Kh)

154

Tobacco is a legal product. It is legal to own, to sell, and to enjoy.

 

Not for long, prole.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (zF6Iw)

155 15 Exactly, Ben. This is a private company who made a decision that may or may not be in their own best interest.

It is their prerogative to do so.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 11:20 AM (DmNpO)


Ahem!

Posted by: CVS Shareholders at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (Kkt/i)

156 O\T.... but been looking... does anyone have a link to how much security for the Super Bowl cost??? As most of it WAS paid for by the taxpayer? I really want to know how much of my money went to support a PRIVATE company... the NFL. So I can throw it in the face of the next person who talks about 'oil subsidies'...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (84gbM)

157 Having to go to different stores just to check prices really sucks. There oughta be a law, every store sells everything and at a fair price. We could save a lot on gas.  Posted by: Wan Whiteman at February 05, 2014 11:40 AM (ve+t5)

HI-larious.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:41 AM (MPIX5)

158 134
Its funny how nobody (CNBC WSJ or the Democrat economists) are wailing about taking $2B out of the economy.

They told us we were risking a global financial collapse with the 'shutdown' that supposedly took $22B out of the economy.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 11:39 AM (iwCB

Except it's not removed from the economy. It's just that the income will be redirected to other stores. Cigs are still legal, demand and supply are functionally the same. It's all fungible.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 07:42 AM (Djwm9)

159 For CVS, the move will be costly. The drugstore chain estimates it will lose $2 billion in annual revenue from tobacco and other sundries as a result How much is lost tax revenue? And where does the make-up come from?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 05, 2014 07:42 AM (xorT2)

160 I like CVS. They sell paste.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 05, 2014 07:42 AM (Hx5uv)

161 I don't remember Sizemore being on top of the heap. I guess I gotta go look at IMDB.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (4+AaH)

162 Wonder if they think they will make it up on marijuana sales?

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (o3MSL)

163 I don't understand all this anti-smoking hysteria. Shouldn't we be encouraging smoking, making it cool again so new kiddies pick up the habit? After all, every time they jack up the cigarette taxes it is to fund children's health care programs. Once all the current crop of smokers dies out, who the hell will pay for health care for the children? Getting children to smoke in order to pay for their own free health care sounds pretty sensible to me.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (3a584)

164

CVS is outrageously high in prices.  I buy my cigs at Walgreens.  Two pack for $8.71.  The only thing we buy at CVS is booze and only when it's on sale.

 

....and what's wrong with selling lube?  Is there a difference between anal lube and just plain lube?

Posted by: jewells45 at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (l/N7H)

165 Why would they give up selling cigarettes?  It's like a license to print money! 

Posted by: Phinn at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (KOGmz)

166 I really want to know how much of my money went to support a PRIVATE company... the NFL.

So I can throw it in the face of the next person who talks about 'oil subsidies'...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 11:41 AM (84gbM)

 


Cities 'bid' on hosting the Super Bowl... it's a known part of the scam

Posted by: phreshone at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (Q6pxP)

167 Ahem! Posted by: CVS Shareholders at February 05, 2014 11:41 AM (Kkt/i) *** these actions do not occur without majority shareholders being part of the decision.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (DmNpO)

168 My POS Obamacare policy requires me to get all my prescriptions at CVS. It specifically forbids me IN BOLD LETTERS from using Rite Aid or Walgreens. Coincidence? Ha. Posted by: jeannebodine at February 05, 2014 11:39 AM (2LJqa) If this is true for most/all plans, this makes it all the more iiiiinteresting. Especially given the fact that the god-President felt the need for a press release about this. Hmmmm....

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (r+7wo)

169 cvs is the only store in our area swapping out tellers for do-it-yourself automated checkouts. close the tellers hire one security guard. minimum wage solved.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (rDidD)

170 Have to make room for the water bongs and one-hitters.

Posted by: RWC at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (fWAjv)

171 Yeah, I have no problems with CVS doing this. I'm making a huge, huge wag here but I'm guessing the reason that this won't start until October is due to SEC disclosure requirements since this is going to have an impact on share value. As I said, huge wag with that. I haven't read the comments but I know a whole bunch of people have probably pointed out that the Left gets its collective panties in a bunch at pharmacists refusing to dispense RU486 but thinks all of this is just fine and dandy.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (VtjlW)

172 Soccer and MLS aren't the same thing. Mexican immigrants tend to watch and follow their favorite Liga MX teams from back home. Teams which are richer and have better talent than MLS teams. As MLS grows it will likely get richer than Liga MX at some point. That's actually the big fight now -- MLS and Liga MX fighting for the attention of 2nd and 3rd gen Mexican immigrants. MLS has no hope for 1st gen. But hope to get the sons and grandsons. Attendance wise MLS is doing good in Houston, but it's doing great in Seattle. Given the wealth of America, I expect MLS to eventually surpass Liga MX. At some point MLS teams will be able to hire away the top Mexican stars - well, at least the ones who don't go to Europe. Of course, attendance is always a poor measure. The best measure is revenue since that captures all the ways a team can monetize fan interest and attention. And Houston is doing well, relative to the rest of MLS. Seattle is just far ahead.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (ZPrif)

173 >>>deli with sawdust all over the floor? someone using a cookbook from the jungle? started as a butcher's, mr. filth

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (KgN8K)

174 Ahem! Posted by: CVS Shareholders at February 05, 2014 11:41 AM (Kkt/i) Utilize your option to vote for new board members. As this is part of CVS's larger strategy to become a sort of walk in clinic type place with a store attached, I doubt you'd have even a small part of a case.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at February 05, 2014 07:43 AM (GaqMa)

175 Dick Blumenthal as a necklace he wears under his suit of Cong ears he cut off his kills in 'Nam.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 07:44 AM (Hx5uv)

176 Of course. I'm pointing out the Bullshit.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:44 AM (iwCB8)

177 I saw CVS open for OMD at TD Garden in 2010.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 05, 2014 07:44 AM (zF6Iw)

178 Who cares? CVS is ghetto anyways. Crappy store with overpriced items.

Posted by: IrishEd at February 05, 2014 07:44 AM (D0NZx)

179 We'll see if the board of directors signs on, or if the current CEO is handed a golden parachute. On the other hand, are they also still selling soda and junk food?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at February 05, 2014 07:44 AM (1hM1d)

180 Meh. They can do what they want, I really don't care. It does look like it will impact bottom line, I'm wondering what their upside is supposed to be-- surely not moral superiority. If that were the case and I were a stockholder, I'd be pissed.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 07:44 AM (MMC8r)

181 Posted by: jeannebodine at February 05, 2014 11:39 AM (2LJqa) Bingo.... Tricare makes me use it too.... And I work in medical IT... Nurses constantly bitch that the CVS computer system does not always give them feedback when trying to put in a prescription... so they have to do an extra 5 or 6 steps for about half of those scripts.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 07:45 AM (84gbM)

182
If I can't bang Elizabeth Hurley at CVS, then I won't darken their doors again.

Posted by: Furious George at February 05, 2014 11:37 AM (yFb77)








I'll never look at the phrase "filling a perscription" in the same way again.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 05, 2014 07:45 AM (TIIx5)

183 163 I don't understand all this anti-smoking hysteria. Shouldn't we be encouraging smoking, making it cool again so new kiddies pick up the habit? After all, every time they jack up the cigarette taxes it is to fund children's health care programs. Once all the current crop of smokers dies out, who the hell will pay for health care for the children? Getting children to smoke in order to pay for their own free health care sounds pretty sensible to me.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 05, 2014 11:43 AM (3a584)

Gambling puts money into the school system. I say we make buying scratch-offs and lottos homework assignments, with field trips to casinos.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 07:45 AM (Djwm9)

184 CVS could use that lube about now. -1.66

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:45 AM (6bMeY)

185 Don't care about CVS. Last CVS I went to had some muzzie bitch in a hijab who gave me the evil eye when I bought some beer and started ranting about how awesome fucking Pakistan was compared to America.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:45 AM (ZPrif)

186 134
Its funny how nobody (CNBC WSJ or the Democrat economists) are wailing about taking $2B out of the economy.

They told us we were risking a global financial collapse with the 'shutdown' that supposedly took $22B out of the economy.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 11:39 AM (iwCB


_________


The $2B isn't being taken out of the economy. It will still be spent, just somewhere else.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 07:45 AM (0LHZx)

187 Beginning of an arms race to see which stores with pharmacies can be the healthiest? Game on.

I agree, BenK. But if you are going to, as a private company, conspicuously look down your nose at one addictive substance, why stop there? They should just remove all snacks, caffeinated products, etc. For the children!

And in most states cigarette taxes fund education. Why does CVS hate the children?

Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2014 07:46 AM (BF+2f)

188 started as a butcher's, mr. filth Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands for what merry go rounds?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:46 AM (rDidD)

189 Gambling puts money into the school system. I say we make buying scratch-offs and lottos homework assignments, with field trips to casinos.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 11:45 AM (Djwm9)

::: scribbling furiously :::

Could you go over that last part again?

Posted by: Arne Duncan[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:46 AM (MPIX5)

190 "CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products" Follow the money, and the corruption. CVS makes their announcement, Obama praises it. Something else is going on.

Posted by: ExSnipe at February 05, 2014 07:46 AM (LKJt3)

191 I haven't read the comments but I know a whole bunch of people have probably pointed out that the Left gets its collective panties in a bunch at pharmacists refusing to dispense RU486 but thinks all of this is just fine and dandy. Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 05, 2014 11:43 AM (VtjlW) No, my Queen. I believe you are the first. Excellent point, of course. (What else can we expect from our ruler?)

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:46 AM (r+7wo)

192 ".and what's wrong with selling lube? Is there a difference between anal lube and just plain lube?"

Taste?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (DHj6D)

193 BSR has it @23. There was no "corporate decision" in this; it's the other shoe falling in a rent-seeking deal. Bet they don't have Edison light bulbs, either.

For the record, Walgreen is not Scandi. They're Chicago. And they invented the malted milkshake. I think you need a permit for those now. A "waiver."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (xq1UY)

194

Meh - the discount Smoke Shops were already cutting them off at the ankles when it comes to tobacco sales anyway, so...big whoop...

Personally, I stopped buying much of anything from any "drug" store (they're just about all discount-sundries stores that...oh, yeah...happen to sell most of what your health insurance "provider" will let your doctor [sometimes] prescribe for you) back when the local CVS (as well as all the other chain "drug" stores) became larger than most used-car lots, started pushing mostly their own store brands and put in drive-thru prescription lanes. I nearly always buy both prescription and over-the-counter drugs from Costco, except for late-night or Sunday emergencies - better selection, better prices, and I get 90-day supplies of prescriptions that I use all the time.

Iwill NEVER go to a Walgreens, ever again, unless TRULY desperate - they "stiffed" me once too often, on a flu shot  early last year, AND refused to refill one of my all-the-time 'scripts on an interim basis at the same time on a totally b***s**t "reason".

Posted by: J.S.Bridges at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (tjj0w)

195 185 Don't care about CVS. Last CVS I went to had some muzzie bitch in a hijab who gave me the evil eye when I bought some beer and started ranting about how awesome fucking Pakistan was compared to America. If they love their third-world shitholes so much, why the fuck are they here?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (7ObY1)

196 See, this is why we're losing to the Left. We're not wired to fight their bullshit. We use logic and truth, which is why the Dumb People tune out conservatism.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (iwCB8)

197 I haven't read the comments but I know a whole bunch of people have probably pointed out that the Left gets its collective panties in a bunch at pharmacists refusing to dispense RU486 but thinks all of this is just fine and dandy. Yes, but second hand smoke AFFECTS OTHER PEOPLE! Abortion doesn't, it's a PERSONAL DECISION! /lib

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (MMC8r)

198 Don't care about CVS. Last CVS I went to had some muzzie bitch in a hijab who gave me the evil eye when I bought some beer and started ranting about how awesome fucking Pakistan was compared to America. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 11:45 AM (ZPrif) Did you ask her why she wasn't in Pakistan then?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (r+7wo)

199 If this is true for most/all plans, this makes it all the more iiiiinteresting. Especially given the fact that the god-President felt the need for a press release about this. Hmmmm....
************
My Obamacare policy is a Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Independence BC) policy and I wouldn't be surprised if they've agreed to limit all their RX plans to CVS. Wouldn't be surprised to find the other companies did the same. I now buy all my OTC items at Rite Aid & Walgreens on purpose.

Posted by: jeannebodine at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (2LJqa)

200 They need the shelfspace for abortion pills. Yeah - "health" reasons. Hypocrites.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 07:47 AM (u8vcQ)

201 Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 11:45 AM (Djwm9 You jest, but around here they're running ads that more or less try to equate playing to lotto to donating money to education.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at February 05, 2014 07:48 AM (GaqMa)

202 You see the latest hysteria? Third hand smoke will kill you. If you are around someone who is smoking and then you are around your child, your child will die of cancer. It's science. Speaking of smoking, I see Justin Bieber's pilots have to wear oxygen masks to avoid getting a contact high in Bieber One.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 07:48 AM (Hx5uv)

203 If we can make them sell infanticide pills we can make them sell Cigarettes. It's a tax.

Posted by: John Roberts at February 05, 2014 07:48 AM (6bMeY)

204 106 Just like any other chain , the store is only as good as the manager and the people who work there. All successful businesses have a good customer service plan in place . It just has to be implemented properly.

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 11:33 AM (m2CN7)


Worst "walks into a bar . . ." joke ever.

Posted by: flounder at February 05, 2014 07:48 AM (Kkt/i)

205 Shorting CVS, was done by the insiders days ago. Being dumped now, shorts covered tomorrow or the day after.

NSA knows.

Posted by: Wan Whiteman at February 05, 2014 07:48 AM (ve+t5)

206 The main reason I go to CVS is for smokes. They're nearby and cheaper there than Walgreens or a gas station store Their business, their call Do they have a Hot Air Button?

Posted by: kbdabear at February 05, 2014 07:49 AM (aTXUx)

207 No, my Queen. I believe you are the first. Excellent point, of course. (What else can we expect from our ruler?)  Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 11:46 AM (r+7wo)

Good.  Good.  Not bad for a first suck-up.  Not bad at all.

Next time, choose your emphasis more carefully.  THAT'S the mark of a true professional.

Try something like, "No, my Queen. I believe you are the first. Excellent point, of course."

Hang in there, kid.  We'll get you there.

::: fist bump :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:49 AM (MPIX5)

208 Since private bakeries are being forced to sell wedding cakes to gheys, I wonder if I can find a judge who can force the bakers to sell cigs? Everybody wins.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 05, 2014 07:49 AM (Ijr/x)

209 Yeah, all those abortifacients in the water supply are awesome. /s

Posted by: Y-not aka t-shirt at February 05, 2014 07:49 AM (zDsvJ)

210 The $2B isn't being taken out of the economy. It will still be spent, just somewhere else. Yes. Thank you for missing my point.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:49 AM (iwCB8)

211 Posted by: jeannebodine at February 05, 2014 11:47 AM (2LJqa) FWIW, I see lots of insurers pushing towards mail order for maintenance drugs. That's going to cut heavily into their market share as well.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at February 05, 2014 07:49 AM (GaqMa)

212 Its funny how nobody (CNBC WSJ or the Democrat economists) are wailing about taking $2B out of the economy. Shouldn't they bitch about the $10B of phantom money that the Fed is already pulling out every month? Or the remaining $75B of vaporcash they're still pumping in?

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 07:50 AM (MMC8r)

213 well, the tricare and obamacare requirements to buy from cvs are the most interesting elements here; if accurate. it is not the same as insurance companies, much less regulated, so it will be harder for obama to strong arm everyone into line. eventually they go a bridge too far and ,well

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:50 AM (rDidD)

214 Actually, I have no problem with this at all. The inevitable pompous self-righteous crowing I find annoying, but given the restrictions that states put on selling cigarettes -- often having to be behind glass -- I'm sure it's more trouble than it's worth. And they get the little bit of publicity.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 05, 2014 07:50 AM (T0NGe)

215 CVS can do what they want.  If it were the government telling them not to cell a legal product I'd have a big problem with it. Smokers will find somewhere else to buy their cigarettes.  They always do.

After 35 years and spending God knows how many thousands of dollars, I'm happy I was able to quit smoking last year using e cigs. I even want those after 3 weeks. 

Posted by: jrg at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (61B4w)

216 Yes. Thank you for missing my point.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 11:49 AM (iwCB


_________


Your point was nonsensical.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (0LHZx)

217 Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 05, 2014 11:49 AM (MPIX5) Not actually my first suck-up, but I do appreciate the pointers, especially from one so close to the Empress.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (r+7wo)

218 Did you ask her why she wasn't in Pakistan then? I would have asked her that, then made her cancel my entire order after I made sure she rang it all in.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (MMC8r)

219

I said  earlier that I hope Walgreens does not follow suit because I am afraid they might.   Walgreen's  liberal slant right know is enviromental ,  which I believe can be a good thing  if its not radicalized like the left has made it.   

 

My retirement depends on how well Walgreens does so I am a selfish bastard when  it comes to the pharmacy wars.  

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (m2CN7)

220 Gotta wonder why they still sell beer if they are gonna ditch smokes.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (ZPrif)

221 Soothie I saw Lisa Lisa and UTFO live. Serious.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 07:51 AM (4+AaH)

222 You see the latest hysteria? Third hand smoke will kill you. If you are around someone who is smoking and then you are around your child, your child will die of cancer. It's science.
Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 11:48 AM (Hx5uv)


I saw a study once that proved the more days you live, the higher your likelihood to develop cancer. The most effective prevention is probably to just kill yourself now.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (3a584)

223 Yeah, all those abortifacients in the water supply are awesome. /s

We're not allowed to notice.

Posted by: HR at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (hO8IJ)

224 Your point was nonsensical.

As another who "missed" it, and gets it now, I say it was obtuse.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (Djwm9)

225 I'm wondering if Obama, Holder and the gang don't have some new litigation up their sleeves to hound and beggar the sellers of tobacco.

Posted by: Chaos the other dark meat at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (oDCMR)

226 Il Douche will cheer this until one of his Minions whispers in his ear that a $2Bn per year loss in revenue on cigarettes means a $1Bn per year loss in total tax revenues from those lost sales.

Could spend that money on golfing vacations!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (TM1p8)

227 I have a buddy that works for RJ Reynolds (second biggest tobacco company) and he told me a story about there was some legal case way back when where Reynolds agreed to give a portion of its revenue to lung cancer research. So....less people smoking = less money to cancer research.

Posted by: Mainah at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (659DL)

228 A new CVS sprung up overnight in a cornfield near here. Either that or I don't go that way often.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (SUKHu)

229 Sandra Fluke is DEFINITELY NOT a slut. (I'm trying to get a shout out on Rush.)

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 07:52 AM (Hx5uv)

230 I saw a study once that proved the more days you live, the higher your likelihood to develop cancer. The most effective prevention is probably to just kill yourself now. Posted by: mugiwara at February 05, 2014 11:52 AM (3a584) Yup.... 100% of Cancer patients... breathed... Thus, breathing causes Cancer... So stop!

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (84gbM)

231 Now wait a second, in all the movies and books about communist countries the citizens get to smoke, why is our descent into communism not also paved with cigarettes? Or is all the "legalize marijuana" activism supposed to replace the old and tired communists smoke tripe with the new hip "communists smoke weed!" blather?

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (RZ8pf)

232 My retirement depends on how well Walgreens does so I am a selfish bastard when it comes to the pharmacy wars.

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 11:51 AM (m2CN7)


________


You need to diversify. Seriously, keeping all your eggs in one company's basket is crazy....independent of whether or not they sell cigarettes.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (0LHZx)

233 We're not wired to fight their bullshit. We use logic and truth, which is why the Dumb People tune out conservatism.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 11:47 AM (iwCB

I would bet there's something to that.

Either their minds can't handle logic, they overload, and they tune out because they're too stupid to handle facts and logic.  Or....their minds can handle facts and logic, and when they encounter it over any given issue they feel stupid for not having figured it out on their own.  So they're embarrassed, and then they tune out.

Either way, we're dealing with the 60th percentile.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (MPIX5)

234 no loss in taxes, just revenues for cvs

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (rDidD)

235 CVS also owns FutureScripts which is the mail order RX program of choice for thousands of health plans and probably most of the Obamacare programs. I've been dealing with them for about 7 years and they have the worst customer support I've ever dealt with in my life and that's saying something.

Posted by: jeannebodine at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (2LJqa)

236 Walgreen's are springing up all over my town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:53 AM (6bMeY)

237 After 35 years and spending God knows how many thousands of dollars, I'm happy I was able to quit smoking last year using e cigs. I even want those after 3 weeks. Posted by: jrg at February 05, 2014 11:51 AM (61B4w) Uh oh. Wait till they come after your ecigs. I think they've been banned in some parts of Europe (I think) and some Dems have been making noise about it. Something about it encouraging the chilluns to smoke. No matter that you were able to quit a dangerous habit using them. It's for the chilluns.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (r+7wo)

238 We're not wired to fight their bullshit. We use logic and truth, which is why the Dumb People tune out conservatism.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 11:47 AM (iwCB


-----


Whole lotta truth in that observation.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (nELVU)

239 FWIW, I see lots of insurers pushing towards mail order for maintenance drugs.

Yep.  My employer started requiring mail order under our plan this year.

I've been doing this already for the last two years.  The shipping time from Amsterdam is slow, but it really cuts down on my meth bills.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (SY2Kh)

240 Mama AJ that sounds a bit like a twilight zone episode, to have a new drugstore spring up overnight in a cornfield.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (RZ8pf)

241 Gotta wonder why they still sell beer if they are gonna ditch smokes.

A beer a day has some health benefits.

Also--and I'm not jumping you, I'm really sick of seeing it everywhere--I'm getting really tired of, "This thing I like is difficult to obtain/not free so WE HAVE TO OUTLAW THINGS YOU LIKE."  No, we don't.

Posted by: HR at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (hO8IJ)

242 Stockholder probably love when you throw away 2 billion in revenue for no reason. Is that even legal? I guess it is. Whatev. As long as the local tobacco shop doesn't follow suit.

Posted by: UWP at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (2hQRj)

243 Worst "walks into a bar . . ." joke ever.

Posted by: flounder at February 05, 2014 11:48 AM (Kkt/i)

 

For  now.  

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (m2CN7)

244 >>Miles of aisles of junk food. Ever see their candy department? It's ginormous. We went into the cornfield CVS and my kids' heads almost exploded when they saw that.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 05, 2014 07:54 AM (SUKHu)

245 Joe I have to disagree Here in Houston the popularity in soccer is directly related to the Hispanic immigrant population. Which is everywhere, not just Texas Well I have to disagree a bit. Here in Houston, at least as far as the MLS team goes, the surge in popularity has been driven in large part by yuppie white people, who see it as the new "trendy" thing to do and very Europhile of them. I think the Mexican immigrants still support their home teams. MLS games are white girls tipsy off Mimosas and Euro-dbag wannabes.

Posted by: brak at February 05, 2014 07:55 AM (M2qTM)

246 Either their minds can't handle logic, they overload, and they tune out because they're too stupid to handle facts and logic. Or....their minds can handle facts and logic, and when they encounter it over any given issue they feel stupid for not having figured it out on their own. So they're embarrassed, and then they tune out. Either way, we're dealing with the 60th percentile. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 05, 2014 11:53 AM (MPIX5) Loving eyes do not see.

Posted by: Mainah at February 05, 2014 07:55 AM (659DL)

247 So Hoffman was teh ghey?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:55 AM (ZPrif)

248 ...and IIRC, there are also some health benefits from nicotine; it's just all the other stuff in the cigs going into your lungs that cause the problems.

Posted by: HR at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (hO8IJ)

249 The $2 billion number is a serious low ball, that's just the tobacco sales.  How many smokers are going to start shopping at Walgreens now when they need things like prescriptions and other products?

If you lose 5-10% of your customer base, that's going to be a MUCH bigger number.  You're talking tens of billions.  And at least around here, CVS and Walgreens are always a stone's throw away.

I see less smokers shopping at CVS than more customers coming in because they no longer sell cigarettes.

And yes, this whole deal stinks of some backroom government handout coming in the near future.

I think a private company should of course be allowed to make this call, but the nanny staters will never be satisfied.  Your vice will be next.

Posted by: McAdams at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (2BiNW)

250 If you could choose to either think and use logic OR just fantasize about Income Equality (for instance), which would you do? The Left speaks Dumb. We do not.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (iwCB8)

251 (I'm trying to get a shout out on Rush.) Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 11:52 AM (Hx5uv)

Rush was careful not to mention the blog by name (do it three times in a row, an Ewok materializes from thin air and shoots you with a crossbow.) But if you have a twitter account or are a commenter quoted by a more "legit" site, like RCP, you are golden. So hie thee to teh Twitter!

Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (BF+2f)

252 Miles of aisles of junk food. Ever see their candy department? It's ginormous.

And you buy it with your SNAP.

Posted by: HR at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (hO8IJ)

253 I'll be impressed when they stop selling booze. Which will never happen even though it hurts all more people than tobacco.

Posted by: RayJ at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (pI/IV)

254 "panties in a bunch?"

I prefer the phrase "knickers in a twist."


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 05, 2014 07:56 AM (V70Uh)

255 247 So Hoffman was teh ghey? was he? They referred to his "partner" on CNN, which is usually code for "ghey." But then I swear I heard him linked with a woman's name on another network.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (7ObY1)

256 We're not wired to fight their bullshit. We use logic and truth, which is why the Dumb People tune out conservatism. Posted by: Soothsayer ---------------- Yes. That, and conservatives are by nature polite and unassuming. That is the reason that we are being steamrolled by the Left. We are easy prey.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (aDwsi)

257 Loving eyes do not see.  Posted by: Mainah at February 05, 2014 11:55 AM (659DL)

Yes, well, I've lost that lovin' feelin'

...

Ever since my skin started peelin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (MPIX5)

258 I did not have sex with that woman Ms. Lewinsky...  I had plenty of other hot tail...  Now may have I shared a cigar in Ms. Lewinsky?  No one asked that question at the time.

Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (Q6pxP)

259 So Hoffman was teh ghey? As gay as Kevin Spacey, I suspect.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (iwCB8)

260 @220  "Gotta wonder why they still sell beer if they are gonna ditch smokes."

Some things just go together.  Remember when they tried to open a smoke free casino in Las Vegas a few years ago?  yep...that lasted about 6 months before they went bankrupt. 

Posted by: jrg at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (61B4w)

261 254 RACIST!!!

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (6bMeY)

262 You need to diversify. Seriously, keeping all your eggs in one company's basket is crazy....independent of whether or not they sell cigarettes.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 05, 2014 11:53 AM (0LHZx)

 

Tell that to the guy who sold his microsoft stock to diversify.   I keed but I have other eggs.  Walgreens is my golden egg. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (m2CN7)

263 Worst "walks into a bar . . ." joke ever. Posted by: flounder at February 05, 2014 11:48 AM (Kkt/i) For now. - Justin Bieber walks into a bar and the bartender says, "What can I get you?' And Justin Bieber says, "Dude, the lights! The light!"

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 07:57 AM (Hx5uv)

264 I think a private company should of course be allowed to make this call, but the nanny staters will never be satisfied. Your vice will be next. Posted by: McAdams at February 05, 2014 all well and good so long as we do not see cvs management or similar getting jobs as ambassador to some place they cannot even find on a globe.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 07:58 AM (rDidD)

265 American leftists really want to live in Europe, but they're too lazy to learn how to properly speak French or Italian. It's easier to skull-fuck the US into becoming New Europe.

Europe has largely decided that "green energy" is a scam and they're running away from it.  They're also getting restless about the wonders of socalized medicine.

So it's more accurate to say American leftists want to be Europe 20 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2014 07:58 AM (B/VB5)

266 Making room on the shelves for medicinal dope, I suspect. OT, another nine inches of snow on top of the twelve or so we already had. Please, pray for a warm up. Our economy cannot take this much longer. Anytime now the Loki-loving Scandi icebacks will be sneaking across our border to harvest ice cubes from the Great Lakes. Taking jobs away from Americans!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at February 05, 2014 07:58 AM (Bps3R)

267 But are they now going to sell pot?

Posted by: Iblis at February 05, 2014 07:58 AM (NVFTu)

268 Walmart has it down to one specific register will sell cigs. Was in there one morning last year and went to that register and asked for a pack of Marlboro Light 100's. The clerk said, I don't know what those are haha, (because democrats forced a name change a couple years ago) which immediately pissed me off, having just woke up. So I said, why don't you take the time to learn the products before running this register then, MFG. To which she suddenly knew which ones I was talking about.

Posted by: UWP at February 05, 2014 07:58 AM (2hQRj)

269 Yeah, I don't know the specifics in Houston. It is doing well. I suspect that is more due to upper-middle class suburban whites than poorer Mexican immigrants. The Great Recession crushed hispanic net worth and earnings, while upper-middle class whites were mostly unaffected. I would expect the Houston Dynamo to do what most businesses do and go where the money is. But I'd need to see their internal docs to see what's really going on.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 07:58 AM (ZPrif)

270 >>Mama AJ that sounds a bit like a twilight zone episode, to have a new drugstore spring up overnight in a cornfield. Or "Monster Donuts" in Percy Jackson The Sea of Monsters. I just looked on Google maps and the sat. view doesn't show it yet, but the label is there. So you really do see a dirt field with a CVS plopped in it.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 05, 2014 07:59 AM (SUKHu)

271 His "partner" i.e. the mother of his children.  They weren't married.


Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 05, 2014 07:59 AM (V70Uh)

272 252 Miles of aisles of junk food. Ever see their candy department? It's ginormous.

And you buy it with your SNAP.

Posted by: HR at February 05, 2014 11:56 AM (hO8IJ)

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 07:59 AM (Djwm9)

273 It's in our nature to react to absurdities. We puff on our pipes, and stroke our beards and then set people right, as witnessed here in this thread.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 07:59 AM (iwCB8)

274 Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 11:57 AM (7ObY1) PSH had a long-term girlfriend. They had 3 kids together, I believe. I hate this whole "partner" thing. Girl/boyfriend, fiance/e (as long as you haven't been engaged for 10 years with no marriage plans in sight), and husband/wife. Just my opinion.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 07:59 AM (r+7wo)

275 >>I agree, BenK. But if you are going to, as a private company, conspicuously look down your nose at one addictive substance, why stop there? They should just remove all snacks, caffeinated products, etc. For the children! There has been an active movement in many states to ban the sale of cigarettes in pharmacies. In some places, local municipalities have already adopted rules doing just that. Try buying cigarettes at Walgreen's in Boston. Ain't happening (sorry polynikes). There have been a bunch of court case on this already in MA and CA and I bet CVS saw the handwriting on the wall and decided it wasn't worth spending the money on litigation and just decided at some point the number of places it was banned was going to make it not worth carrying cigarettes at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 05, 2014 07:59 AM (g1DWB)

276 I never used to be a conspiracy guy, but with: - WH press release on CVS business decisions? - The comments about CVS being the 404Care mandated pharmacy of "choice" - CVS welcoming 404Care navigators - CVS generally getting it's ass kicked by Walgreens and charging to ridiculously high prices to barely keep it's doors open for the past several years The first one bothers me the most. Why the hell is the WH doing press releases on CVS? Someone is paid up with someone somewhere. On the decision itself. Run your company however you want. I think it's a dumb decision and I am increasingly irritated by cigarettes getting nonstop bad press and becoming a social pariah while everyone is celebrating and pushing legal pot.

Posted by: Damiano at February 05, 2014 08:00 AM (j0wOO)

277 What are Marlboro Lights 100's called now?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:00 AM (6bMeY)

278 247 So Hoffman was teh ghey?

was he?

They referred to his "partner" on CNN, which is usually code for "ghey."

But then I swear I heard him linked with a woman's name on another network.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 11:57 AM (7ObY1)

 

gays have  co-opted  the word  'partner'  .   Used to  include unmarried relationships with children. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 08:00 AM (m2CN7)

279 I hate this whole "partner" thing. Yeah, me too. It's usually code for teh gheys so when it's not used that way, it's confusing.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:00 AM (7ObY1)

280 Phillip Seymour Hoffman? Wife and kids, they say.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:00 AM (MMC8r)

281 52% of the country voted for Obama, so maybe CVS is retargeting growing the hypocritical hippie idiot market and it's a genius decision.

Posted by: Damiano at February 05, 2014 08:00 AM (j0wOO)

282 277 What are Marlboro Lights 100's called now? Gold Box 100s

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:01 AM (7ObY1)

283 I hope the cvs board is larded with lots of guys that own a crapload of cvs.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:01 AM (rDidD)

284 For the record: F--- MLS. http://tinyurl.com/qzqtnpp Oh, and F--- Florida and its "judges".

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 05, 2014 08:01 AM (naUcP)

285 Whoa. What's this about banging Elizabeth Hurley? Posted by: Furious George
==
Just checked the latest photos.  Still beautiful.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:01 AM (JBggj)

286 Hoffman's gay lover put out a statement claiming ... to be his gay lover. Hoffman has 3 kids with a lady. They gay lover dude said Hoffman couldn't decide if he wanted normal family life or gay/drug lifestyle. Claim is that's also why the wife kicked him out -- hey, honey, could you please stop having sex and injecting heroin with gay drug addicts. Possibly not the safest activity.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:01 AM (ZPrif)

287 Hoffman had a woman partner with which he had 3 kids. Some guy says he was his gay lover now.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 08:01 AM (4+AaH)

288 What are Marlboro Lights 100's called now? Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 12:00 PM (6bMeY) -- I think "Gold".

Posted by: UWP at February 05, 2014 08:02 AM (2hQRj)

289 I hope it's their choice, and that they're taking their stockholders into account. Seems unlikely.

Posted by: m at February 05, 2014 08:02 AM (omrQI)

290 dustin hoffman is gay?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:02 AM (rDidD)

291 So, will Bubba still bang tail like Hurley as First Lady?

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:02 AM (MMC8r)

292 the reason to shop at other places besides CVS is not because they have decided to not sell certain products, but to shop elsewhere because loss of that revenue stream will inevitably be replaced by increased profit margins elsewhere in the store driven by higher prices.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 05, 2014 08:02 AM (q+fqH)

293 Il Douche will cheer this...

Could spend that money on golfing vacations!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 05, 2014 11:52 AM (TM1p


Hell - he'll take credit for it.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 05, 2014 08:03 AM (BZAd3)

294 I thought Lights were like diet cigarettes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:03 AM (6bMeY)

295 From The Mirror --- David Bar Katz found his friend's dead body The man who found the body of tragic Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman has claimed he was having a gay affair with the star Playwright David Bar Katz told an American magazine the Capote actor was his lover and that he had witnessed him using cocaine the night before he died. Friends say the actor had grown increasingly confused over his sexuality causing the breakdown of his relation to the mother of his three children, Mimi O’Donnell. The collapse of the 12 year romance s said to have fuelled his spiral into drug addiction. “We were homosexual lovers. We had a relationship,' said Katz adding that he saw the 46-year-old take heroin on a number of occasions. The playwright had said they had a fun weekend planned together but stated “I never thought his addiction had reached that level. “We were planning to go to the Super Bowl together and have a really nice day. This is so terrible."

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:03 AM (ZPrif)

296

Do e-Doritos leave e-orange gook on your fingers?

No, no, you're cofused - that's e-Cheetos with the e-orange gook residue...

e-Doritos give you e-cornmeal after-breath.

Posted by: J.S.Bridges at February 05, 2014 08:03 AM (tjj0w)

297 Just checked the latest photos. Still beautiful. Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 12:01 PM (JBggj) Would anyone want to be the next sexual partner after Bill Clinton. Yuck

Posted by: MikeH at February 05, 2014 08:03 AM (cYaNh)

298 When the Whitehouse praises, within hours, a companies policy on ANYTHING... It shows collusion. This is the very essence of Crony Capitalism... Now you just have to look for the Pay back... or the Admin 'suggestion'.... Be real bad if suddenly you were not the only O'care and Tricare script carriers wouldn't it... Or.... hmmmm..... look for CVS to be moving onto Military Bases??? as they cut back on the Commisary and such?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 08:04 AM (84gbM)

299 .....because loss of that revenue stream will inevitably be replaced by "increased profit margins elsewhere in the store driven by higher prices."


-------

You misspelled "Obama Bribe Money".

Posted by: fixerupper at February 05, 2014 08:04 AM (nELVU)

300 291 So, will Bubba still bang tail like Hurley as First Lady?

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 12:02 PM (MMC8r)

I imagine a large part of his appeal was power. (And the secrecy of it all.) With pantsuit calling the shots, that's significantly reduced.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 08:04 AM (Djwm9)

301 What's really so stupid about this is CVS will be selling "medicinal" pot (w/o prescriptions) in a couple of years as states quickly legalize it. Yes, the big pharma store chains will definitely be getting in the pot market.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 08:04 AM (iwCB8)

302 Do they sell lottery tickets? Alcohol? Condoms?

Posted by: Baldy at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (2bql3)

303 Some guy says he was his gay lover now. Not suprising, but wouldn't that be necrophilia? Yuck, these perverts are getting creepier every day...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (0HooB)

304 Uh oh. Wait till they come after your ecigs. I think they've been banned in some parts of Europe (I think) and some Dems have been making noise about it. Something about it encouraging the chilluns to smoke. No matter that you were able to quit a dangerous habit using them. It's for the chilluns. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 11:54 AM (r+7wo)

That mindset baffles me, but it's Europe, so. Unless the continent has changed much since I was last there, I remember smoking being EVERYWHERE. The main trains all allowed smoking, and the non smoking sections in trains were just as smoky as the regular smoky ones. Everyone smoked everywhere. I'm allergic to all forms of smoke so I came back sounding like I had Tuberculosis or black lung and was about to die. Unless that attitude has changed, I don't see why kids will be corrupted by e-cigs but not by the daily practice of almost every European parent on the continent.

Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (BF+2f)

305 Just checked the latest photos. Still beautiful. I've heard from folks who saw her without the war paint. They were unimpressed.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (naUcP)

306 This is the quintessential debate we have around here all the time. THis is no different then a baker having the right to deny making a wedding cake for gay "couples".

It there prerogative. And good for them.

Posted by: Marcus at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (GGCsk)

307 This is barely even news. CVS is a company. They want to make money. They started out as a more of a "general store" or "corner market"-type place, and their analysts figured out that in the long run, starting from now, they'd make even more money as a all-in-one healthcare products outlet. To achieve that, they have to tweak their product offerings, and the first to go obviously will be products that hurt health. So it's like, whatevs, hope your business plan works, CVS! Companies rebrand themselves and refocus all the time. Apple Computer was founded in 1976. Notice that second word -- "Computer." Because, from 1976 to about 2007, 95%+ of their business was making and selling computers. But then they came out with two products that were game-changing moneymakers for them: iTunes, and the iPhone. Suddenly they were the world's largest music retailer, and the world's most profitable cell-phone company. So what'd they do? They dropped "Computer" from their company name a few years ago, and now they're just "Apple." And their main focus now is music, phones, and mobile devices. I bet within 20 years they'll stop selling personal computers completely. And I bet that within just a few years, CVS will drop most remaining non-health products. Companies evolve. CVS is evolving. That's business.

Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (+cx5n)

308 hurley has not looked good since hugh was doing trannies. she married some indian billionaire, cashed out and is training for some race. fyi, I hear she is laid up for a week because she threw a shoe and stumbled as she was going over something.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (rDidD)

309 They're just clearing shelf space for all the cannabis products that will roll out after Obama EO's the decriminalization of pot, sometime around October.

Posted by: Sarge at February 05, 2014 08:05 AM (We5IL)

310 Meh, who cares? I don't go to CVS. Walgreen's is much cheaper. I have gotten some of the worst customer service ever at CVS. Never a good experience there.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at February 05, 2014 08:06 AM (fk1A8)

311 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 12:03 PM (ZPrif) Pretty late in life for one to be confused about his sexuality, no? Assuming what the guy is saying is true. Perhaps LG (minus the BT) is not as straightforward as they would like us to think.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 08:06 AM (r+7wo)

312 Wasn't Mr. Gower a CVS druggist when he almost poisoned that kid? Thank God for George Bailey...

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 08:06 AM (LSJmV)

313 I thought Lights were like diet cigarettes. Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 12:03 PM (6bMeY) ---- I decided I will always call them Marlboro Light 100's no matter what the government wants them to be called. Just a warning to any future cashiers. If you don't learn what they used to be called, we're going to have a problem.

Posted by: UWP at February 05, 2014 08:07 AM (2hQRj)

314 Companies rebrand themselves and refocus all the time.

I'm still trying to figure out what Radio Shack is going for after that expensive Super Bowl ad.

Posted by: red sweater at February 05, 2014 08:07 AM (Djwm9)

315 Europe changed on smoking more quickly than the US. I was there in the early 90s, Europeans smoked like chimneys, even in the nonsmoking cars on the trains. Went back in 2000 and it was like they had sent the smokers to camps or something. They were just gone.

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 08:07 AM (4+AaH)

316 Your vice will be next.
Posted by: McAdams

*looks at half eaten bag of Circus Peanuts,  back at the post,  back at half eaten bag of Circus Peanuts,  tear runs down cheek*

Posted by: Dang at February 05, 2014 08:07 AM (MNq6o)

317 Steyn back in for Rush, who has a 102-degree temp.

Posted by: RushBabe at February 05, 2014 08:07 AM (hrIP5)

318 Re Clinton and Hurley: Yes, it's yummy gossip, but Sizemore comes across as some nut who's repeating every bad movie-President cliche' imaginable.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (DmNpO)

319 229 Sandra Fluke is DEFINITELY NOT a slut.

(I'm trying to get a shout out on Rush.)

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 05, 2014 11:52 AM (Hx5uv)


You obviously need help with your equivocation...


Try, "Sandra Fluke is not all that slutty."


Your welcome.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (BZAd3)

320 reciting

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (DmNpO)

321 junk food

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (8v/hq)

322 Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2014 12:05 PM (BF+2f) What you say is true, but I don't know why you expect them to make sense. Embrace the incoherence of thought!

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (r+7wo)

323 Are they going to sell tar supplements?

Posted by: Dang at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (MNq6o)

324 the reason to shop at other places besides CVS is not because they have decided to not sell certain products, -------------------- I would say that the fact they seem to be linked to Obama is reason enough. Even if they are not, I there should be a popular stigma attached to even the implication. Like Subway. If you have received an endorsement, however tacit, from Obama, then I'm out. Make any association with the guy the kiss of death.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:08 AM (aDwsi)

325 fyi, I hear she is laid up for a week because she threw a shoe and stumbled as she was going over something. Posted by: yankeefifth
==
Hey, wiki sez her current main squeeze is a superstar cricket player.  I think cricket is like a warm-weather version of curling, or something.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:09 AM (JBggj)

326 it is an interesting event if it was a decision made in conjunction with obamacare. deciding not to sell cigarettes is like a hooker swearing off handjobs.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:09 AM (rDidD)

327 Utilize your option to vote for new board members.

As this is part of CVS's larger strategy to become a sort of walk in clinic type place with a store attached, I doubt you'd have even a small part of a case.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at February 05, 2014 11:43 AM (GaqMa)


The point was that it is not solely the Board's prerogative.  Whether a challenge would be successful is immaterial.  The fact is that shareholders would likely have standing, and if so, that is another avenue to voice displeasure with this suspicious decision.  Voting or selling/shorting stock is another.

Posted by: flounder at February 05, 2014 08:09 AM (Kkt/i)

328 I'm still trying to figure out what Radio Shack is going for after that expensive Super Bowl ad.
Posted by: red sweater

Life preserver, they're closing 500 stores

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:09 AM (4JkHl)

329 324 Edit : "I think there ..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:09 AM (aDwsi)

330 Do they sell the patch?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:09 AM (6bMeY)

331 Not even bothering to catch up on this thread, but there's two things I hate. Not being able to smoke anymore. Guest hosts on Rush.

Posted by: jwest at February 05, 2014 08:10 AM (u2a4R)

332 "Under capitalism, the rich become powerful. Under socialism, the powerful become rich." Did Rush coin that phrase?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:10 AM (ZPrif)

333 Steyn back in for Rush, who has a 102-degree temp. Posted by: RushBabe at February 05, 2014 12:07 PM (hrIP5) Absolutely luuuurv Mark Steyn, but I hope Rush gets better very soon.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 08:10 AM (r+7wo)

334 They gay lover dude said Hoffman couldn't decide if he wanted normal family life or gay/drug lifestyle. Claim is that's also why the wife kicked him out -- hey, honey, could you please stop having sex and injecting heroin with gay drug addicts. Possibly not the safest activity. --- This falls into the Dan Rather "fake but accurate" category for me at the moment. I don't know if Hoffman was gay or not, but I got the "creepy child molester" vibe off of him for years, which is why I found his role in the movie Doubt such an appropriate one.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 05, 2014 08:11 AM (/Crba)

335 331 Walter Williams or Mark Steyn?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:11 AM (6bMeY)

336 Gotta wonder why they still sell beer if they are gonna ditch smokes.

A beer a day has some health benefits.

Also--and I'm not jumping you, I'm really sick of seeing it everywhere--I'm getting really tired of, "This thing I like is difficult to obtain/not free so WE HAVE TO OUTLAW THINGS YOU LIKE." No, we don't.
Posted by: HR

I had my urologist encourage me to drink beer during my last bout with kidney stones

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:11 AM (4JkHl)

337 Hey, wiki sez her current main squeeze is a superstar cricket player. I think cricket is like a warm-weather version of curling, or something. Posted by: mrp at February I thought that was like a lyre or something. oh well. for the record, I wish she was hot, more hot lasses is better, but, hurley, sheesh, give her an apple or a sugar cube and send her home.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:11 AM (rDidD)

338 I had my urologist encourage me to drink beer during my last bout with kidney stones
Posted by: Jean

Did he write a prescription?

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:12 AM (JBggj)

339 oh yeah before I forget, Phoenixgirl!

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:12 AM (rDidD)

340 CVS is really pushing their Minute Clinic mini doctor's offices that are inside the stores. It's just a nurse practitioner. But she can prescribe meds. CVS is probably working a deal for that to be preferred ObamaCare doc or something.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:12 AM (ZPrif)

341 Absolutely luuuurv Mark Steyn, but I hope Rush gets better very soon. Hmm, Rush and our very own Ewok both under the weather at the same time? We've never seen the two of them together, have we?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 05, 2014 08:13 AM (0HooB)

342 also, Chique!

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:13 AM (rDidD)

343 Hold it. Alcohol might be a deductible medical expense? * ponders *

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:13 AM (aDwsi)

344 This is all my fault. I used to buy cigarettes regularly at CVS, but they put up a no handgun sign, so I stopped. Then, I used it as an excuse to quit smoking.

Posted by: adolfo_velasquez at February 05, 2014 08:13 AM (FFIoe)

345 Hi yankeefifth!!!!! How's it going? All's well here, and I'm nicely ensconced at home and don't have to interact with the weather.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 08:13 AM (r+7wo)

346 And I bet that within just a few years, CVS will drop most remaining non-health products. Companies evolve. CVS is evolving. That's business. Posted by: zombie at February 05, 2014 12:05 PM (+cx5n) A great deal of their business comes from being a convenience store that happens to sell pharmaceuticals They might yank all their non-health products, but what happens when people find out that Walmart or their local supermarket sells them at a lower price? Why make a trip to CVS if you can get your prescriptions filled at the Sav-On or other drug stores inside the supermarket? Since the Smoker of the United States was ready with a press release with this, a big strongarm or quid pro quo was behind this decision

Posted by: kbdabear at February 05, 2014 08:14 AM (aTXUx)

347 mrp , no

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:14 AM (4JkHl)

348 for the record, I wish she was hot, more hot lasses is better, but, hurley, sheesh, give her an apple or a sugar cube and send her home. Blasphemer! Burn him!

Posted by: blaster at February 05, 2014 08:14 AM (4+AaH)

349 Any commentary on that boy loving Michael Mann?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:14 AM (6bMeY)

350 The gas station convenience stores keep getting bigger, they will happily take the tobacco biz.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:14 AM (ZPrif)

351 Hey, wiki sez her current main squeeze is a superstar cricket player. I think cricket is like a warm-weather version of curling, or something.
Posted by: mrp at February

criket is like baseball, without all the exciting parts stretched out over a couple of days.

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:15 AM (4JkHl)

352 mrp , no
Posted by: Jean

Beer Drinkers of the world, unite!

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:15 AM (JBggj)

353 O/T: Parents of dying boy in coma must prove he can't take standardized test

tinyurl.com/njds6wj

via Insty.

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at February 05, 2014 08:15 AM (wtvvX)

354 Mark Steyn is teh awesome.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 05, 2014 08:15 AM (B/VB5)

355 I would say that the fact they seem to be linked to Obama is reason enough. Even if they are not, I there should be a popular stigma attached to even the implication. Like Subway. ___________ Nailed it, Mike. At please for me. Aligned with the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers? Fine - just don't expect my bus mess. The hypocrisy of not selling smokes but offering abortion pills doesn't help them. And Subway? I like me a Subway every once in a while. Not anymore. Took Mom out to lunch on Sunday, she said "there is a Subway right over there." Had to explain, then had a wonderful lunch at Panera.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 08:15 AM (u8vcQ)

356 Blasphemer! Burn him! Blaster, your eye doctor called. He says you're hopeless.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 05, 2014 08:15 AM (naUcP)

357 Hi yankeefifth!!!!! How's it going? All's well here, and I'm nicely ensconced at home and don't have to interact with the weather. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) all is well here. I am following the advice of herr cuomo and ildeblasio and working from home, mostly so I can run around in our unplowed streets and enjoy the weather. apparently deblasio considers me or one of my neighbors the man and is sticking it to me by skipping us for plowing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:16 AM (rDidD)

358 297 Just checked the latest photos. Still beautiful. Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 12:01 PM (JBggj) Would anyone want to be the next sexual partner after Bill Clinton. Yuck Posted by: MikeH at February 05, 2014 12:03 PM (cYaNh)

Charlize Theron is going to have the same prob, after she and Sean Penn split.

Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2014 08:16 AM (BF+2f)

359 CVS had to make room for my Glaucoma medicine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:16 AM (6bMeY)

360

I have surmised that  Elizabeth Hurley refuses to give BJs.    That is the only logical  reason that  Hugh Grant  would stray  with that tranny looking hooker. 

 

Wait,  I may have just stumbled upon another reason. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 08:17 AM (m2CN7)

361 Charlize Theron is going to have the same prob, after she and Sean Penn split.
Posted by: LizLem

Look, folks, let's not get picky.  We've all been screwed by liberals.


Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:17 AM (JBggj)

362 Slow news day again?

Posted by: Monday is now 2 days long! at February 05, 2014 08:18 AM (q177U)

363 Could swear I read somewhere once that public companies were bound by SEC regs to protect the stock value and profits as best they can. But I suppose they have ran this past their lawyers already.

Posted by: UWP at February 05, 2014 08:18 AM (2hQRj)

364 Just checked the latest photos. Still beautiful. Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 12:01 PM (JBggj) Would anyone want to be the next sexual partner after Bill Clinton. Yuck Posted by: MikeH at February 05, 2014 12:03 PM (cYaNh) where? are you sure it is her? did you look at the tattoo on the inside of her lips?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:18 AM (rDidD)

365 I don't believe that CVS is doing this in order to be a better - healthful organization. I believe they have been losing tobacco revenue for some time to the "discount tobacco" stores. Within 1 mile of my nearest CVS are four discount tobacco stores plus several gas stations. Buying cigs at CVS is expensive and people are just not doing it. Hence they stop selling them and make a big announcement that makes PR sense to someone. I also think the stores are independently managed. Probably many store owners wanted to stop and use the shelf space for something more profitable, like condoms or Yodels.

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at February 05, 2014 08:19 AM (DOEXI)

366 re:Hoffman, I did run across a story recently (about steroids) that points out illicit drug use is ~4-5x higher among gay/bi males. Noting this, much less making assumptions based on it, is, of course, doubleplusungood mindthink.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:19 AM (MMC8r)

367 My bet is CVS will be benefitting from some sweet Administration corporate welfare or regulatory advantage in the not so distant future. I wonder if Obama's bleating about the minimum wage is nothing more than an attempt to threaten these national retail, fast-food and casual dining chains to play ball with him. It's full Alinsky and he has nothing to lose. Nobody in the media will ever blame Obama for economic failure.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 05, 2014 08:20 AM (T0NGe)

368 I used to go to CVS because I though their toiletries were cheaper than Vons, yeah not so much anymore. I see a lot of stuff like that being cheaper at a grocery store nowadays. Also Walgreens seems to be marketing itself as the place to buy everything, the opposite of what CVS is doing. Oh, and I'll believe the total health makeover when they stop selling alcohol.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 05, 2014 08:20 AM (WdbF7)

369 Eh. It's their bottom line. Sell smokes, don't sell smokes, it's all the same to me since I don't smoke. I go to CVS for my meds because I'm too lazy to transfer them to Walgreens, and that's about it.

Posted by: joncelli at February 05, 2014 08:20 AM (RD7QR)

370 where? are you sure it is her? did you look at the tattoo on the inside of her lips?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:18 PM (rDidD)

 

Are  you talking about the same person? 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 08:20 AM (m2CN7)

371 I bought some beer and started ranting about how awesome fucking Pakistan was compared to America. My standard answer to that - and I've heard the same from Euro types - nothing is keeping you here, why don't you make yourself happy and go back? Oh, right, you're here for your education which you couldn't get at home, or for a job which you also couldn't get at home. So, remind me again, why is your home land so much superior?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at February 05, 2014 08:21 AM (1hM1d)

372 No, no, you're cofused - that's e-Cheetos with the e-orange gook residue... e-Chili Cheese Doritos leave some e-gook on my fingers. I think the e-Buffalo Wing Doritos do too...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:21 AM (7ObY1)

373 Considering the source of the Clinton/Hurley story is Tom Sizemore (PSH v.2).... Speaking of Hurley, though, anybody seen Bedazzled? The one with Brendan Fraser? The beach scene with Hurley...nice.

Posted by: Mainah at February 05, 2014 08:21 AM (659DL)

374 OK decided to drive to Portsmouth this Friday instead of driving so I can control getting out on Sunday. What I do for my Country

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:21 AM (nzKvP)

375 The only reason I go to CVS is the drive thru.

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:21 AM (4JkHl)

376 It's now legal for farmers to grow hemp, which is a good thing on many levels:

http://tinyurl.com/novas9f

in addition to bio-fuels.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 05, 2014 08:22 AM (BZAd3)

377 I also think the stores are independently managed. Probably many store owners wanted to stop and use the shelf space for something more profitable, like condoms or Yodels. Posted by: RKinRoanoke seriously? is there a more value-concentrated non-prescription product in the store? do cigarettes spoil?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:22 AM (rDidD)

378 I mean instead of flying

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:22 AM (nzKvP)

379 divine brown. terrific hooker name

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:22 AM (zOTsN)

380 Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:16 PM (rDidD) Yeah, your Mayor's definitely going to turn NYC into a paradise in the next few years. Btw, regarding the Obama-loving cancer sufferer in the News Dump thread, Steyn isn't feeling much sympathy for her either.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 08:23 AM (r+7wo)

381 I don't smoke, so I don't care.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:23 AM (nzKvP)

382 teh purple doritos arent bad

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:23 AM (4JkHl)

383 do cigarettes spoil?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:22 PM (rDidD)

 

yep. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 08:23 AM (m2CN7)

384 I call on all cigarette smokers to stop buying cigs at CVS!!! oh wait, I guess they beat me to it...

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 05, 2014 08:24 AM (8Fa5Z)

385 This is an attack on women seeking to abort their babies, er fetus. Some women many have to drive 2 hours to get cigarettes before their abortion.

Posted by: joe dagostino at February 05, 2014 08:24 AM (5vRRq)

386 do cigarettes spoil? Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:22 PM (rDidD) yep. Posted by: polynikes at February huh. so what happens then? burn 'em?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (rDidD)

387 I very rarely shop at CVS because they suck.  I don't care what they do. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (8lmkt)

388 I wonder if the black market is hurting the bottom line for these stores.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (WdbF7)

389 CVS's war on women continues.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (6bMeY)

390 Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs?

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (LSJmV)

391 I can write off Subway, and I couldn't care less about CVS, but if Taco Bell ever gets in bed with Teh One, I'm gonna be pissed.

(All that Doritos talk makes me crave Taco Bell)

Posted by: Turnip Defense League [/i] at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (O7Q1u)

392 CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products

CVS to Begin to Sell Cannabis Products

Posted by: Choom Gang at February 05, 2014 08:25 AM (e8kgV)

393 392 CVS To Stop Selling Tobacco Products CVS to Begin to Sell Cannabis Products Posted by: Choom Gang at February 05, 2014 12:25 PM (e8kgV) and that's why they'll keep selling doritos

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at February 05, 2014 08:26 AM (8v/hq)

394 Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs? Posted by: Countrysquire E-cigs have saved many lives in my town. I would have gone postal had I not had them as a fallback when I quit smoking.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at February 05, 2014 08:26 AM (fk1A8)

395 I keep hearing "what about alcohol & junk food"

How about "and they still keep selling medical grade narcotics that flood the streets"? How about "and they still sell all the ingredients for meth"?

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at February 05, 2014 08:26 AM (BKHpB)

396 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 05, 2014 08:27 AM (PYAXX)

397 I'm jonesing for a big platter of nachos.  Jalapenos, melted, cheese, ground beef, onions.... all of it.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:27 AM (JBggj)

398 My family used cvs, used. We are both non smokers, but I see one of two things behind this, the obama admin or you are bad at business. Either way, I move my business.

Posted by: traye at February 05, 2014 08:27 AM (BdOzz)

399 huh.



so what happens then? burn 'em?

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:25 PM (rDidD)

 

They have a shelf life of about  18 months  and only if  vac sealed.   At least that is what I learned putting together my survivalist cache.   I was  going to store them to use as barter  but the shelf life put the kabosh on that. 

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 08:27 AM (m2CN7)

400 >>Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs? It makes a person look like they are smoking and it's appearance that matters because of the children.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 05, 2014 08:27 AM (SUKHu)

401 in nyc ecigarettes were banned in bars because the city council was afraid it would look cool and encourage people to start smoking.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:27 AM (rDidD)

402 ewwwwww bill clinton and elizabeth hurley?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at work at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (8v/hq)

403 Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs? Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 12:25 PM (LSJmV) Sure, right after you explain Global Warming, the lefts hatred of Israel, and a borderless country?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (nzKvP)

404 390 Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs?

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 12:25 PM (LSJmV)


Harder to tax? Just guessing.

Posted by: joncelli at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (RD7QR)

405

Could swear I read somewhere once that public companies were bound by SEC regs to protect the stock value and profits as best they can. But I suppose they have ran this past their lawyers already.

 

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Yeah, but with this Administration enforcing those SEC regs, well, I doubt CVS has much to worry about in terms of fiduciary responsibility.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (eytER)

406 I'm jonesing for a big platter of nachos. Jalapenos, melted, cheese, ground beef, onions.... all of it. Hush. Yo. Mouf.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (0HooB)

407 391 I can write off Subway, and I couldn't care less about CVS, but if Taco Bell ever gets in bed with Teh One, I'm gonna be pissed. I'm just praying that Wegmans doesn't go Libtard. I can't live without Wegmans. Can't do it.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (7ObY1)

408

We don't have CVS here and I dont' smoke, so I can't say I really care.  I do wonder what their shareholders think, if they are publicly traded.

 

Sounds like they are trying to go walmart and add clinics. The CVS's I remember in DC weren't really big enough for that, as far as I could tell, but I think these little mini clinics are a great thing in general.

Posted by: Lea at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (lIU4e)

409 They have a shelf life of about 18 months and only if vac sealed. At least that is what I learned putting together my survivalist cache. I was going to store them to use as barter but the shelf life put the kabosh on that. Posted by: polynikes oh. so spoilage is probably not a big problem for cvs.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 08:28 AM (rDidD)

410 From TMZ:

It’s official … X gonna give it to George Zimmerman – TMZ has learned, rapper DMX has just been named Zimmerman’s opponent in his upcoming celebrity boxing match.

Celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman tells us, DMX was selected out of 15,000 applicants Â… all of whom wanted a piece of Zimmerman in the ring after he issued the open challenge to fight anyone willing to take him.

But no one wanted to beat ZimmermanÂ’s ass more than DMX.

Posted by: Trayvon Martin at February 05, 2014 08:29 AM (e8kgV)

411 He served as the Chairman of National Association of Chain Drug Stores since April 2010 until May 2, 2011. Mr. Merlo served as Vice Chairman at National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) since April 2009 and serves as its Director they lobbied for Obamacare pretty heavy the JEF says “As one of the largest retailers and pharmacies in America, CVS Caremark sets a powerful example,” he said in a statement early Wednesday morning. “Today’s decision will help advance my Administration’s efforts to reduce tobacco-related deaths, cancer, and heart disease, as well as bring down health care costs.” Obama, a former smoker, thanked CVS Caremark CEO Larry Merlo for taking the lead among drugstores to help Americans quit smoking. this isn't business, its political

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:29 AM (zOTsN)

412 E-cigs are the big middle-finger in the faces of the anti-freedom fanatics.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:29 AM (JBggj)

413 What did Subway do?

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 05, 2014 08:29 AM (SUKHu)

414 Since they feel they have won the war on tobacco, Durbin and Schumer are now trying to ban e-cigs from Capitol Hill.  Gibe them a mile and they take another inch.

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:29 AM (4JkHl)

415 I don't smoke, so I don't care. Posted by: Nevergiveup -------------------- First they came for the smokers, but I didn't smoke...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (aDwsi)

416 oh. so spoilage is probably not a big problem for cvs.

Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:28 PM (rDidD)

 

you would be correct.  

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (m2CN7)

417 in nyc ecigarettes were banned in bars because the city council was afraid it would look cool and encourage people to start smoking. Why don't they ban sex on television then?

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (MMC8r)

418

Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs?

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 12:25 PM (LSJmV)

 

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It's the idea that you're enjoying something that your betters don't think you should be enjoying.

 

 

True story...I was once outside of a DC Metrorail stop waiting for someone when I thought I'd do a social experiment.  I put an unlit cigar in my mouth...yes, unlit.

 

In the space of about 15 minutes about 30 people walked by and made those obnoxious passive-aggressive fake coughs.  To an unlit cigar.

 

QED.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (eytER)

419 But will they sell "Medical Marijuana".


Will Value-Rite stop selling Value-Rite Vodka?  to compete?

What's will the horde do...

Posted by: Paladin at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (E1aoU)

420 110
CVS is right up the HHS ass. That is why the Prezy had a note ready....collusion.

Posted by: Jen at February 05, 2014 11:33 AM (4t/Y9)

***********

Yeppers.  They are.  And if I was a shareholder I would be pissed.  If not now, then soon when it becomes fully a government store.


Posted by: gracepmc at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (rznx3)

421 "312 Wasn't Mr. Gower a CVS druggist when he almost poisoned that kid? Thank God for George Bailey...

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 12:06 PM (LSJmV)"



Potterville had a lot more entertainment options without that interfering do gooder George Bailey.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (BcCwi)

422 The Holly Lobby to CVS comparison is bunk. The equivalent would be if the government was *forcing* CVS to sell tobacco products, which it previously had not sold based on morally grounds. (PS-- this isn't a "moral" decision for CVS -- it's a business decision that is pandering to those whom they hope to have as their customers). I'm already boycotting CVS anyway -- I received crap service from them so I moved my prescriptions (and my business) to one of their competitors a year ago. However, even though I don't smoke, it seems like a stupid business decision and if I want boycotting already, I would boycott them now just on the bases that a bunch of pandering fools are obviously in charge of the company.

Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 05, 2014 08:30 AM (WbOdn)

423 Obama, a former smoker, Former. Yeah.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:31 AM (MMC8r)

424 So the objection to e-cigs is pretty much what I assumed. FFS, statism is a mental disorder.

Posted by: Countrysquire at February 05, 2014 08:31 AM (LSJmV)

425 Mama AJ - http://tinyurl.com/l9qd9zc

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:31 AM (aDwsi)

426 CEO of CVS is also Director of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Big big fans of O care quid pro quo

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:31 AM (zOTsN)

427 But no one wanted to beat ZimmermanÂ’s ass more than DMX. --- I hope Zimmerman has a boxing history nobody knows about and kicks the shit out of DMX.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 05, 2014 08:31 AM (/Crba)

428 They have a shelf life of about 18 months and only if vac sealed. At least that is what I learned putting together my survivalist cache. I was going to store them to use as barter but the shelf life put the kabosh on that. They say that top-shelf liquor will be the best bartering item when The Burning Times come.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:31 AM (7ObY1)

429 My god, the DM is full of gossip today. Looks like drugs weren't the only problem in the Hoffman home. Phil was on the downlow... If this guy really was his friend, why is he going public with this crap now? Total disregard to his wife and kids. Attention slut. Liz Hurley was boinking Clinton? Ewwww. Wait, maybe not. The source is Tom Sizemore.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 08:32 AM (NRYdU)

430 Could swear I read somewhere once that public companies were bound by SEC regs to protect the stock value and profits as best they can. But I suppose they have ran this past their lawyers already. By that logic, since Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty stuff sells so well, every retailer would be required to sell DC & DD gear. Or Coca-cola products. Or whatever. Yes, they have a fiduciary responsibility to their stockholders, but that doesn't mean they're required to sell... anything, really. "Past performance is not an indicator of future gains" and all that stuff. If a publicly traded company decides that selling a specific product is not in line with its corporate goals (which includes corporate image stuff), they can stop selling even if there's some hit to the bottom line.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 05, 2014 08:32 AM (PYAXX)

431 Either their minds can't handle logic, they overload, and they tune out because they're too stupid to handle facts and logic. Or....their minds can handle facts and logic, and when they encounter it over any given issue they feel stupid for not having figured it out on their own. So they're embarrassed, and then they tune out.

Either way, we're dealing with the 60th percentile.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 05, 2014 11:53 AM (MPIX5)

============

I think its much simpler than that.  I think that, for a myriad of reason too depressing to enumerate here, at least 47% of the population has not advanced either socially or mentally beyond the fifth grade.  All they want is "what's cool", and logic isn't cool.

Losing the culture war had consequences.

Posted by: Nighthawk at February 05, 2014 08:32 AM (OtQXp)

432 >>Can someone explain the objection to e-cigs?

Gets around the nanny-staters' reason to limit smoking: second hand smoke!

They really just wanted to tell smokers they can't smoke, but since they can't be that honest, they had constructed the whole "you're killing others - especially children! - with your stinky smoke!!"

Posted by: Lizzy at February 05, 2014 08:32 AM (POpqt)

433 ecigs and bad for the anti-cig propaganda campaigns. Hence banned.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:32 AM (ZPrif)

434 413 What did Subway do? Get in bed with Mooch. Oh gawd, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 08:32 AM (u8vcQ)

435 426 CEO of CVS is also Director of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores


Big big fans of O care

quid pro quo

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 12:31 PM (zOTsN)


Looks like I'll have to get off my ass and transfer my prescriptions to Walmart.

Posted by: joncelli at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (RD7QR)

436 First they came for the smokers, but I didn't smoke... Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 12:30 PM (aDwsi) All right, I'll give ya that one. To the ramparts!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (nzKvP)

437 Potterville had a lot more entertainment options without that interfering do gooder George Bailey. --- Folks got tired of driving up to Mount Pilot to get some tail.

Posted by: Aunt Bea at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (/Crba)

438 Potterville had a lot more entertainment options without that interfering do gooder George Bailey. Posted by: Obnoxious ------------------- Now I wish he hadn't been born. - Arthur Spooner

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (aDwsi)

439 I wonder how much weight I gained from all the unhealthy snacks I've bought at the local CVS stores.

Posted by: mallfly at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (bJm7W)

440 Wait, a gay theater dude was an attention slut? How could this be?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (ZPrif)

441 Ban nicotine. Legalize pot. Perfect sense.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:33 AM (MMC8r)

442 I can write off Subway, and I couldn't care less about CVS, but if Taco Bell ever gets in bed with Teh One, I'm gonna be pissed. *** Pepsico. that ship has sailed.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 05, 2014 08:34 AM (DmNpO)

443 watch Walgreens follow suit but you can still buy ciggies, tax free, on the res

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:34 AM (zOTsN)

444 Ya know I just had a thought ( and in my mind those are rare so listen up). With all the focus on Sochi, NOW would be a great time to assassinate Snowden over there in Russia.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:34 AM (nzKvP)

445 Oh. Thanks. So to speak.

Posted by: Mama AJ at February 05, 2014 08:34 AM (SUKHu)

446 seriously? is there a more value-concentrated non-prescription product in the store? do cigarettes spoil? Posted by: yankeefifth at February 05, 2014 12:22 PM (rDidD 1) Yes, they go bad (dry out) just like cigars. 2) when looking at the amount of shelf space for all the many brands, if they are not turning inventory they are not making enough PROFIT. Much of the price goes to taxes and competition from cheap sellers drives down their margins. If they can stock something else that turns inventory faster and has more profit for the shelf space, that is what you do.

Posted by: RKinRoanoke at February 05, 2014 08:35 AM (DOEXI)

447 Boy, the NYC polizia sure moved fast to bust Hoffman's dealer. I am absolutely sure that the authoritahs would have been just as speedy and diligent if a poor black kid in Harlem had overdosed. Absolutely.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:35 AM (7ObY1)

448 So Russia is hacking every journalist in Sochi? Of course they are.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:35 AM (ZPrif)

449 434 413 What did Subway do?


Get in bed with Mooch.
Oh gawd, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 12:32 PM (u8vcQ)


So THAT'S why Jared is walking funny these days...

Posted by: joncelli at February 05, 2014 08:35 AM (RD7QR)

450 "I was going to store them to use as barter but the shelf life put the kabosh on that..." In the event of a global apocalypse I intend to take smoking back up, and will barter assorted treasures for even stale cigarettes.

Posted by: jwest at February 05, 2014 08:36 AM (u2a4R)

451 "They have a shelf life of about 18 months and only if vac sealed. At least that is what I learned putting together my survivalist cache. I was going to store them to use as barter but the shelf life put the kabosh on that.

Posted by: polynikes at February 05, 2014 12:27 PM (m2CN7)"



I suspect that if you had reason to open your survivalist cache, stale cigarettes would still have barter value.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 05, 2014 08:36 AM (BcCwi)

452 but you can still buy ciggies, tax free, on the res Posted by: thunderb ------------ Must be a huge bit of bootlegging going on.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:36 AM (aDwsi)

453 Boy, the NYC polizia sure moved fast to bust Hoffman's dealer. It's bad publicity when they kill an elite.

Posted by: --- at February 05, 2014 08:36 AM (MMC8r)

454 447 Boy, the NYC polizia sure moved fast to bust Hoffman's dealer. I am absolutely sure that the authoritahs would have been just as speedy and diligent if a poor black kid in Harlem had overdosed. Absolutely. --- Same thing that happened in Hollywood with the chick who injected John Belushi's speedball for him IIRC.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 05, 2014 08:36 AM (/Crba)

455 More like Russia is hacking everyone in Sochi.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:36 AM (ZPrif)

456 so is the JEF gonna pressure the res to stop selling tax free ciggies?

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:37 AM (zOTsN)

457 So Russia is hacking every journalist in Sochi? Of course they are. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 12:35 PM (ZPrif) Well the journalists are easy to find, they are the ones always itching their asses, since there is not toilet paper over there

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:37 AM (nzKvP)

458 And the tax thing.  NY tobacco store owners had good thing going for themselves and their customers with the automated cigarette rolling machines.  A customer could walk up to the device, punch a few buttons, and the machine would manufacture the desired quantity of smokes to spec.  The tobacco was taxed at the bulk rate, which was, before the state law was changed, considerably less than the rate paid for the Big Tobacco products.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:37 AM (JBggj)

459 n nyc ecigarettes were banned in bars because the city council was afraid it would look cool and encourage people to start smoking.

Why don't they ban sex on television then?

Posted by: ---

or guns?


Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:38 AM (4JkHl)

460 444 Ya know I just had a thought ( and in my mind those are rare so listen up). With all the focus on Sochi, NOW would be a great time to assassinate Snowden over there in Russia.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 12:34 PM (nzKvP)


Russians have him in a very, very safe place, which means he's far away from Sochi. (Seriously, it's just a matter of time until the first massacre.)

Posted by: joncelli at February 05, 2014 08:38 AM (RD7QR)

461 does the JEF hate Native Americans? Why allow the scourge of tax free ciggies?

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:38 AM (zOTsN)

462 There's more! Cher's kid hates her. Though he is a handful. Moses Farrow sides with Woody!!! He's the one who is a family counselor!

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 08:38 AM (NRYdU)

463 In the space of about 15 minutes about 30 people walked by and made those obnoxious passive-aggressive fake coughs. To an unlit cigar.

Those fake coughs make me want to punch people.  Or, at the very least, grind my parlie out in their eye.

Posted by: Peaches at February 05, 2014 08:38 AM (8lmkt)

464 So NBC is reporting that basically all the NBC journos have been hacked before the opening ceremonies have even started.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 05, 2014 08:39 AM (ZPrif)

465 Dylan says Moses is dead to her. Everyone is dead to everyone in that stupid family. Sheesh!

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 08:39 AM (NRYdU)

466 456 so is the JEF gonna pressure the res to stop selling tax free ciggies? Cuomo is threatening it here in NYS. And they are only allowed to sell their own Indian-made brands tax-free now as it is. Which is why I smoke Smokin' Joe's Gold Box instead of Marlboro Gold Box. SJ's = 22.50 a carton Marlboros = 90.00 a carton

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:40 AM (7ObY1)

467 458 And the tax thing. NY tobacco store owners had good thing going for themselves and their customers with the automated cigarette rolling machines... ___________ I had one of those shops a mile from my house. Didn't last six months. Never knew who shut them down, but rumors we're the city was losing tax revenue & Big Tobacco had them regulated out of business.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 08:40 AM (u8vcQ)

468 Russians have him in a very, very safe place, which means he's far away from Sochi. (Seriously, it's just a matter of time until the first massacre.) Posted by: joncelli at February 05, 2014 12:38 PM (RD7QR) That's the point. With all eyes on Sochi, now is the time to strike at Snowden where ever he is hidden. I volunteer. But of course I will bring my own toilet paper

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:40 AM (nzKvP)

469 remember that story about two NBC reporters told to keep their long affair quiet at the Olympics for fear Russian bugs would out them and embarrass the network?

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:40 AM (zOTsN)

470 343 Hold it. Alcohol might be a deductible medical expense? They sell the vodka two rows over from the Robittussin, sweetie. Hic!

Posted by: Dianne Sawyer at February 05, 2014 08:40 AM (Bps3R)

471 I recall buying cigarettes at $2.50 a carton.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 08:41 AM (aDwsi)

472 I'm kinda' beginning to wonder if Walmart won't be the last bastion of retail freedom?  Sounds silly what with all the Chinese goods, and stuff.  But they are non union and they are competive in health care with clinics etc.  Just a thought.

Posted by: gracepmc at February 05, 2014 08:41 AM (rznx3)

473 Would this be the place to mention that PSA just put 22lr on sale?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 08:41 AM (DHj6D)

474 465 Dylan says Moses is dead to her. Everyone is dead to everyone in that stupid family. Sheesh! Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 12:39 PM (NRYdU) Families like those, make me feel good about my family, no matter what our problems are!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:41 AM (nzKvP)

475 I think Zimmerman already showed us he can't fight.

Posted by: Soothsayer and the Cult Jam at February 05, 2014 08:42 AM (iwCB8)

476 I had one of those shops a mile from my house. Didn't last six months. Never knew who shut them down, but rumors we're the city was losing tax revenue & Big Tobacco had them regulated out of business. Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 12:40 PM (u8vcQ) perhaps the mob, which has been known to steal ciggs for resale on the streets of NY

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:42 AM (zOTsN)

477 461 does the JEF hate Native Americans? Why allow the scourge of tax free ciggies? They largely vote Dem, so the JEF doesn't care. "Our Preezy only beats us because we disappoint him!"

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:42 AM (7ObY1)

478 Must be a huge bit of bootlegging going on. Posted by: Mike Hammer

There was an article in one of the NYC tabs a few months back that covered a state survey of cigarette purchases.  The survey was done by pulling empty packs out of the city's street trash cans and checking the tax stamps.  IIRC, 50% of the packs were from out of state, with New Hampshire leading the way for imported smokes.

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 08:42 AM (JBggj)

479 I don't support a boycott, but let's be clear: CVS isn't a healthcare place, it's a convenience store with a pharmacy in the back. They're a Slurpee machine short of being a 7-11. The ONLY reason that they're doing this (because sugary and salty junk food, sugary drinks) is because they expect to get federal dollars via Obamacare due to their Minit Clinics. Not knocking those clinics; I've used them on occasion. However, I would simply like CVS to be honest as to why they're gonna stop selling cigs. This crap about "health" by them is just that: crap.

Posted by: physics geek at February 05, 2014 08:43 AM (MT22W)

480 I recall buying cigarettes at $2.50 a carton. Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 05, 2014 12:41 PM (aDwsi) OK quick question: So are cigs really expensive now? I mean I don't smoke, so I don't know. And are they much cheaper on Military bases? I mean I will have my car with me this weekend down at Portsmouth, so should I fill up the trunk and re-sell up here in NJ? Are we talking a side business here?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:43 AM (nzKvP)

481 10 Can't stand CVS.
Maybe if they sold ammo, I would reconsider.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 11:20 AM (DHj6D)

 

 

Won't happen.  CVS is a big time contributor to the Joyce Foundation, one of the major funding machines behind all the various anti-gun enterprises.

 

 

CVS is the enemy.

 

 

 

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 05, 2014 08:43 AM (SUC5U)

482 So what next? They gonna stop selling booze and candy bars?

Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 05, 2014 08:44 AM (4Chvm)

483 I thought the res's in AZ sold Marlboro they were making money selling tax free ciggies long before anyone built a casino

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:45 AM (zOTsN)

484 They gonna stop selling booze and candy bars? Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 05, 2014 12:44 PM (4Chvm) HEY, now no need to panic here!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:45 AM (nzKvP)

485
Cuomo is threatening it here in NYS.

What the fuck does he have to say in the matter?  If I were a tribal council in NY I'd start selling guns.

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:45 AM (4JkHl)

486

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 12:35 PM (7ObY1)

Did they locate the dealer then?

The heroin he bought was laced with opiates, which in combo are pretty deadly, apparently. I read that there has been an increase in heroin related deaths connected to bad batches being sold, across the east coast. I wonder if this is just a high profile straw breaking the camel's back, forcing them to crack down since is now on ppls radar. No one in LIV land cares about junkies dying until one turns out to be a celeb.

Posted by: LizLem at February 05, 2014 08:45 AM (BF+2f)

487 The Burning Times begin and you have a chance to commandeer one big-box store for you and your family only. Do you choose a Costco? Wal-Mart? Gander Mountain? Bass Pro Shop? Think food, clothing, water purification, firearms and ammo...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:45 AM (7ObY1)

488 Cuomo has no business telling the res anything he is state they are fed

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:46 AM (zOTsN)

489 NGU Portsmouth, as in you're gonna be at the Naval Hospital in my neck of the woods? You're looking at five to six dollars a pack. Probably cheaper at NEX. There is money to be made there.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 08:47 AM (u8vcQ)

490 CEO of CVS and decided the decreasing smoking market could be sacrificed for the more reliable and long term compulsory purchases of the tax payer under Ocare

Posted by: thunderb at February 05, 2014 08:48 AM (zOTsN)

491 What the fuck does he have to say in the matter? If I were a tribal council in NY I'd start selling guns. When NYS illegally stole Native land in the early 60s to build the Robert Moses Hydropower Plant (the one that went down and caused the East Coast blackout a decade or so ago) the Natives put up a helluva fight, complete with guns, vehicle blockades and actual torches and pitchforks. That fuckhole Moses and the gubmint had too much power and eventually defeated them, but at least the Natives fought. Now they just roll over and die.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:48 AM (7ObY1)

492 I'm kinda' beginning to wonder if Walmart won't be the last bastion of retail freedom? Sounds silly what with all the Chinese goods, and stuff. But they are non union and they are competive in health care with clinics etc. Just a thought.
Posted by: gracepmc

If WalMart opened up their part-time employee health plan to customers (they would have to join some sort of "buying club") it might destroy the exchanges.  Its far cheaper, covers more, with less deductibles, and WalMart could market and administer it right at the cash register.

 Anyone want to guess who would do it better HHS or WalMart?

Posted by: Jean at February 05, 2014 08:49 AM (4JkHl)

493 Portsmouth, as in you're gonna be at the Naval Hospital in my neck of the woods? You're looking at five to six dollars a pack. Probably cheaper at NEX. There is money to be made there. Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 12:47 PM (u8vcQ) Yup. I got transfigured to HQ and have to come down every month. I was going to fly but don't want to get caught and stuck there on Sunday so I am going to drive.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 05, 2014 08:49 AM (nzKvP)

494 Why would anyone date Tom Sizemore? Remember when he made his own porn tape and was going to see it? Besides being drugged/drunked out, the guy, well you would need a magnifiying glass. And yes I am being serious. His tape was linked here at AoShq which links all the news fit to linked.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 08:50 AM (NRYdU)

495 Aw hell. Not like it impacts me any. I'll probably talk about it tomorrow on my show anyway. We were just talking about trying to get stores like this to carry more PENIS (Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation Systems, aka e-cigs) and I wonder if this will impact their decision to do so. Some people mistake e-cigs for tobacco products when that is not necessarily always the case. (Yes, the nicotine comes from tobacco but they do make no-nic.)

Posted by: Assault Journalist at February 05, 2014 08:50 AM (dfQ4e)

496 @487 - That's a start. Then you need enough stuff to hang out your shingle and start selling the first three items to everyone else. You'll keep the firepower to yourself for now. Then you need the equipment to start making new inventory and some land, fertilizer, seed, etc. to start growing stuff. After all, Leland Stanford didn't make his money digging gold, he made his money selling shit to the miners.

Posted by: JEM at February 05, 2014 08:51 AM (o+SC1)

497 I hope Zimmerman has a boxing history nobody knows about and kicks the shit out of DMX. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at February 05, 2014 12:31 PM (/Crba) Uh, no. Remember he took some lessons before traybot and his teacher testified that he was horrible? Since then, he's gain a lot of weight and if he is boxing, I don't think he has had the time to develop any skills if he has any. I guess he thinks a beating will wipe away all his financial troubles. Unfortunately, it puts him back into the public eye which is not goot.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 08:52 AM (NRYdU)

498 No matter that you were able to quit a dangerous habit using them. It's for the chilluns.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 11:54 AM (r+7wo)


Naw, it's for the revenue. Sales revenue for Big Tobacco, and, most importantly, tax revenue for Big Government. Every single person sucking on an e-cig, would, if e-cigs were unavailable, be sucking on a cigarette, or maybe chewing snuff. The unholy alliance of Big Tobacco and Big Government sees a lot of revenue slipping out of their hands, and they are NOT happy about it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2014 08:52 AM (60Q+L)

499 Wow. The snow is getting really bad and now there's a driving ban in my home county. Might be stuck here at work for a while.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:55 AM (7ObY1)

500 Ryan Gosling split from Eva Mendes because she won't settle down??? Whoa!

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 05, 2014 08:57 AM (NRYdU)

501 496 @487 - That's a start. See, it's interesting to think about, isn't it?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 05, 2014 08:57 AM (7ObY1)

502 Yup. I got transfigured to HQ and have to come down... _________ Sounds like a promotion - a Congrats is in order. Be careful over there in P-Town. Don't wander too far. Especially at night.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 05, 2014 08:59 AM (u8vcQ)

503 Please do not throw cigarette butts in the urinal as it makes them soggy and hard to light.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at February 05, 2014 09:00 AM (+hPIb)

504 It's funny.  A lot of people who have tried e-cigarettes and have stuck with them (or eventually quit cigs and e-cigs entirely) have told me that, after a short time, they lost their "smoker's cough".

Posted by: mrp at February 05, 2014 09:01 AM (JBggj)

505 @498
Actually the biggest opponents are pharmaceutical companies. Traditional cigarette companies are buying up e-cig stuff left and right.

Posted by: Assault Journalist at February 05, 2014 09:03 AM (dfQ4e)

506 @504

Yep. Took about 2 weeks to get entirely back to normal. Haven't looked back since.

Posted by: Assault Journalist at February 05, 2014 09:05 AM (dfQ4e)

507 Sorry, am I supposed to be outrageously outraged over a health-oriented company deciding not to sell cigarettes?

Posted by: Paul at February 05, 2014 09:14 AM (9qDRl)

508 I suspect that if you had reason to open your survivalist cache, stale cigarettes would still have barter value.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at February 05, 2014 12:36 PM (BcCwi)

Presumably, sealed cans of cigarette tobacco, and rolling papers would keep a long time. Some tobacco seeds would also be good for the burning times cache, Take up little space, and if circumstances enabled you to grow them, you'd have a cash crop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2014 09:18 AM (60Q+L)

509 For those of us who graduated to larger e-cigs, we often use devices that use an 18650 battery. That form factor is also used by many popular flashlights and is rechargeable. On the plus side you can also beat someone to death with an Innokin SVD.

Posted by: Assault Journalist at February 05, 2014 09:21 AM (dfQ4e)

510 Don't let Obama's happiness with anti smoking stop you from quitting. It's hard for a lot of folks, but worth it for reasons that have nothing to do with the nanny state. BTW CVS is the worst place to buy medicine I know of, and really the worst place to buy almost anything else. My supermarket has a better pharmacy for prescriptions and OTC. My gas station has cheaper cokes and candy. If they don't want the cig business that's cool with me, though I find the apparent PR coordination with the white house a bit annoying and a bit disturbing. When the White House controls the healthcare market, I suspect we'll see more odd business decisions that happen to please our rulers.

Posted by: Dustin at February 05, 2014 09:24 AM (0a/7L)

511 I wonder if that 17-cents per share factors in how much cigarette customers spend on things like pop, beer, snacks and other things when they stop in to by a pack of smokes?

Posted by: holygoat at February 05, 2014 09:52 AM (5Y+A+)

512 Holy crap... I'm seeing posts from people (including President Obama and the American Cancer Association) claiming this will "SAVE LIVES!!!". Um... only if people who would buy smokes at CVS can't go across the street and buy them at a gas station. A local grocery store closed, should I expect thousands of my neighbors to starve to death? By the economic "logic" used by Obama and others, the answer seems to be "yes". What a bunch of idiots.

Posted by: gekkobear at February 05, 2014 12:44 PM (ltbXf)

513 They talk about the lost revenue from tobacco products.  What about the lost revenue from prescriptions from smokers who are likely to transfer their prescriptions to Walgreens or some place else that does sell cigarettes?

Posted by: OCBill at February 05, 2014 01:39 PM (rFipM)

514 CVSwill not just lose the tobacco sales but the add on sales that people buy with the tobacco products also people will change their shopping habits and not by boycott but just as a natural action shop elsewhere

Posted by: Dan Kauffman at February 05, 2014 04:01 PM (5ZsaL)

515 Who wants to bet there's some money in the Obamacare kitty for Pharmacies (or subsidiaries of insurance companies) which take a loss due to following the rules of Obummercare? Anyone? I'll bet a dollar to a donut THAT'S the reason why they done it. No CEO wants to stare down his shareholders and admit he's planning to LOSE MONEY unless he can tell them they'll make it up on the backside.

Posted by: VP 'Unchained' at February 05, 2014 08:16 PM (7YnaR)

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