andersenpa Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Interesting Watch the accompanying video Wants to be seen as a "health care provider" (reporter's words), not just a retail pharmacy NPs are mentioned http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-03/cvs-health-to-end-tobacco-sales-almost-a-month-early.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Do they stop selling soda? Chips? Other junk food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted September 3, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 3, 2014 Do they stop selling soda? Chips? Other junk food? Ideally they would. Practically, hell would freeze over before that happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 I don't know the stats but obesity/diabetes is now what the anti-smoking scare was. The dollar and M&M impact of the former surely outweighs cost and cancer deaths . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 You can thank Mr. Obama for this ... White House Applauds CVS's Stopping Tobacco Sales CVS is creating a new model for the era that follows the implementation of ACA I guess Mr. O is more focused on this rather than the Islamic State video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Do they stop selling soda? Chips? Other junk food? First Lady Purposes Ban Junk Food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmeconference Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Good for them, I think more retailers need to be taking this step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maynard Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I say hoorah for banning cigarettes. These smokers will thank us later when they realize the wondrous health benefits they receive from walking an extra block down the road to get their smokes from a 7-Eleven. However, the problem with banning potato chips and candy bars is that I enjoy them. How am I supposed to maintain my elitist contempt for the poor health choices of smokers if I'm forced to acknowledge that I too make bad health choices and don't even have an addiction to blame for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 You can thank Mr. Obama for this ... White House Applauds CVS's Stopping Tobacco Sales CVS is creating a new model for the era that follows the implementation of ACA I guess Mr. O is more focused on this rather than the Islamic State video Politicization of a corporation in the health services industry eliminating the #1 attributable cause of the #1 cause of cancer mortality? we can do better than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andersenpa Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I say hoorah for banning cigarettes. These smokers will thank us later when they realize the wondrous health benefits they receive from walking an extra block down the road to get their smokes from a 7-Eleven. However, the problem with banning potato chips and candy bars is that I enjoy them. How am I supposed to maintain my elitist contempt for the poor health choices of smokers if I'm forced to acknowledge that I too make bad health choices and don't even have an addiction to blame for them? I was being facetious about junk food but obviously there's an indiscernable line when it comes posturing on lifestyle choices and health outcomes smoking is SO easy and SO clear cut that it seems like a logical choice. Theoretically junk food has some intrinsic nutritional value, albeit small, while tobacco has none. In general this is less of a public health statement than a corporate mission statement. They can't in good faith sell something that has such obvious negative value. Question though- do they sell beer and booze!?!?!!?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMPA Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 this is so wrong. Its going to cost the healthforce thousands of jobs and make many physicians homeless. Pulmonologists and oncologists will be unable to financially survive and need to place their children in public schools. Hospitals will close and there will be a spike in unemployed respiratory therapists and x-ray techs. A truly sad day for the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maynard Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I was being facetious about junk food Understood. I was trying to write a humorous post (humor is one area where I think SDN is better than PAForum). This is an obvious image-management effort and I really don't believe this policy will make significant numbers of smokers quit unless they live in nowhere Alaska and CVS is literally the only tobacco-carrying retailer that doesn't require a plane ride to get to. I would argue that, for Americans, things like (not diet) soda have exclusively negative health consequences and no redeeming value, yet are not met with the same disdain or demands for bans. They're something everyone enjoys from time to time. I know tobacco does more harm, but I think the reason many people have double standards for junk food vs. tobacco is because many people use junk food but don't use tobacco. Obviously, smoking is a major (if not the major) public health threat in the U.S. However, I think the nonsmoking public would be better served if they were encouraged to look at their own lifestyles rather than grab a pitchfork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I know tobacco does more harm, but I think the reason many people have double standards for junk food vs. tobacco is because many people use junk food but don't use tobacco. Also...2nd hand cheetoh dust doesn't cause diabetes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maynard Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Neither does 2nd hand snuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrsmurf Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Also...2nd hand cheetoh dust doesn't cause diabetes. You can't prove that without a study. Fact: Cheetohs are as addictive as opiates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrsmurf Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 All this hooplah, but in the end, CVS is a corporation and they are free to sell, or not sell, what they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Amen ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I heard they started a subsidiary company called "Tobacco Row" and that is where they shipped all the cigarettes to and the store is run by the indigent people there so they now have jobs and health insurance. Plus they are investing in the tobacco cure for the Ebola virus. All rumors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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