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Attorneys general call on top U.S. retailers to drop tobacco products
Reuters ^ | Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:16pm EDT | Phil Wahba

Posted on 03/18/2014 8:00:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A group of 28 U.S. attorneys general is urging chief executive officers of five major retailers, including Walmart, to stop selling tobacco products, saying it is contradictory to carry such items in stores that also provide health care services.

The companies receiving a letter on Sunday from the group were Wal-Mart Stores Inc, supermarket operators Kroger Co, Safeway Inc, which operate pharmacies, and drugstore chains Walgreen Co and Rite Aid Corp. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: activism; attorneysgeneral; nannystate; tobacco
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To: TigersEye; The Antiyuppie

“Will cigarette smokers get a discount on Vikings season tickets?”

Will they even have a place to smoke on the premises?


61 posted on 03/19/2014 9:56:16 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Olog-hai; Drango; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; ...

In addition, Attorney General Drango of Dystopia, upon hearing about the letter, was heard to say, “Hurraaaaaay!!!”

Obnoxious AG’s Nanny State PING!


62 posted on 03/19/2014 9:57:53 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: WP Lonestar

Tobacco bad. Pot good.


63 posted on 03/19/2014 10:27:32 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: CSM
Will they even have a place to smoke on the premises?

No

64 posted on 03/19/2014 10:42:37 AM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: bikerman
Government cutting of the hands that feed them not to bright.

Not to worry. They ALWAYS think of other ways to steal money from it's citizens.

It's way past time to start shooting these bastards.

65 posted on 03/19/2014 10:43:00 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Lazamataz

Eventually everything not banned is compulsory!


66 posted on 03/19/2014 10:56:59 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: CSM

They’ll be lucky if they’re allowed to smoke at home while watching games on HD TV.


67 posted on 03/19/2014 12:31:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

LOL Too true!


68 posted on 03/19/2014 12:32:16 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Olog-hai

Here are the states and territories involved:

Alaska * Arizona * Connecticut * Delaware * District of Columbia * Guam * Hawaii * Idaho * Illinois * Indiana * Iowa * Maine * Maryland * Mississippi * Nevada * New Hampshire * New Mexico * New York * Northern Mariana Islands * Ohio * Oregon * Pennsylvania * Puerto Rico * Rhode Island * Tennessee * Utah * Vermont *Washington

Here is the letter to Kroger:
http://www.ag.ny.gov/pdfs/Letter_to_Kroger.pdf

I’m glad my state’s AG wasn’t involved.


69 posted on 03/19/2014 12:57:04 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

So much for Pennsyltucky jokes. More like Pennsyljersey has crept way past Pittsburgh and splattered all over Ohio, with the other liberal splatter from Illinois/Chicago hitting from the other side.


70 posted on 03/19/2014 12:59:07 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Gabz

My little convenience store sells bandaids——they are health care products-——maybe they shouldn’t sell cigarettes either.

As far as the targeted chains go,they sell more junk than health products. Aisles and aisles of crap.

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71 posted on 03/19/2014 2:19:56 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Bummer...I hope you don’t suffer too bad. That your panties don’t get into a twist and that you don’t feel demonized.


72 posted on 03/19/2014 3:53:24 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Mears

I know what you mean - the drug stores and Walmart sell beer and wine here!


73 posted on 03/19/2014 4:21:42 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the ping!


74 posted on 03/19/2014 6:26:09 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: CSM

The Master settlement agreement. And state cigarette taxes. We are talking about billions and billions of dollars to the states.

These public serpents are sorry excuses for racketeers and cartel leaders.

They are making money hand over fist. This would be like organize crime cracking down on cigarette smuggling between VA and NY.

Unless they figure that it’s not going to make a difference anyway. Because instead of buying cigarettes at Walgreens people will buy them next-door at the gas station. But they can make it look like They actually want people to quit and are interested in the health of their fellow man.


75 posted on 03/19/2014 7:41:15 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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