Cigarettes sold at CVS (AP)
CVS has finally made good on its promise (threat?) to stop selling cigarettes, in an effort to brand itself less as a large scale corporate bodega and more as a pharmacy and storefront healthcare center.
As of midnight Tuesday, all 7,700 of the chain’s stores ceased their sale of tobacco products, the Times reports, not because CVS particularly cares about your health, but because there are lucrative opportunities to be found by gaining a hold in the growing healthcare industry enabled by the Affordable Care Act.
Because of this increased emphasis on health, CVS opted to ax tobacco products to cut down on the cognitive dissonance customers might feel when visiting one of its 900 walk in “minute clinics” for basic medical services like flu shots. It has also given itself a new name CVS Health. Go catch cancer somewhere else.
“Think of it this way Would you find cigarette machines or retail stores in the gift shops in a hospital selling cigarettes? Of course not,” Nancy Copperman, the corporate director of public health initiatives for the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, told the paper. “I think it does give them a leg up.”
CVS competitors Walmart and Walgreens, however, have no plans to cease selling cigarettes, and a Rite Aid spokesperson said “they will continue to evaluate” their products.
The company announced in February that it would quit selling tobacco products by October, a decision it estimated would cost around $2 billion. Of course, the financial setback is relatively slight compared to the profits it expects to reap from the expanded healthcare offering CVS anticipates that it will grow to nearly $90 billion this year, an increase of $30 billion over the past three years.
CVS no longer sells cigarettes! Things certainly are changing!
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Hello, I live in NY state and was researching buying cigarettes from an online indian reservation in my own state, i know there is alot of opposition to the subject. But is it still legal to do so? Sponsored Links Our attorneys have years of experience with positive results in the debt reduction / debt relief field. Click here for more information. Nov 12th, 2007, 11 53 AM #2 Unregistered Guest
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Is it legal to purchase ciggarettes fromoutside of the United States and have them imported into the states?
Because I have seen some cites say that it is. But i saw somewhere that in 2004 it was legal. But that was 5 years ago so maybe things have changed…
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Some states have enacted laws that restrict the sale and shipment of cigarettes over the Internet to consumers in that state. For example, it is illegal for Internet vendors to ship cigarettes or cause cigarettes to be shipped to consumers in New York State. Moreover, a number of states have enacted age verification laws to ensure that minors do not purchase cigarettes illegally over the Internet. Depending on where you live, it may be illegal for a delivery service to simply leave a package of cigarettes in your mailbox when you’re not at home.
In addition, under federal law, it is illegal for Internet vendors or consumers to cause most branded cigarettes to be imported into the United States. Cigarettes that are imported illegally into the United States are subject to seizure and destruction, without compensation to the purchaser.
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Thank you that was very helpful.
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I have been buying cigarettes on line for over a year. Mine are made in NY, I haven’t had any problem. Yes it is legal!
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For about 5 years I using for buying my cigs. I live in NY and don’t have any problems with them because they don’t report any information regarding client’ purchases.
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I use to buy Marlboro lights online from at a very convenient price and I’m happy with my purchases.
I purchased from different sites before and lost a lot of money as my goods were stooped at Customs. The site I order at the moment ships from UK so no problems occur at customs.
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Hi everyone, I saw you have a very interesting subject in discussion. Buy cigarettes online is interesting since is much cheaper and almost everyone does it. Especially in the USA where the cigarettes are so expensive.I think ordering is legal. I am a client of for a while and I am very pleased with their support team and high quality products. Want to say that now I have a discount of 5% there, cause I have bought more than 3 times.
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There seems to be less and less places that you can turn to online to find the right things that you need. We have the relationships that have been forged decades ago. We embrace the new with the advent of the electrical cigarettes and the new lines of cigars. That was awesome! Probably one of the more interesting reads in awhile.
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