Coca-Cola was a top performing stock for many years and then acted in the interest of a govt initiative instead of hat is good for shareholders, and shareholders got screwed. No different here.
Anything obozo touts is not a good thing.
THE GREAT OZ HAS SPOKEN!! Actually, if I were on the board of CVS or a stock holder, getting the blessing of the dungbeetleOTUS would scare me to no end. Everything he touches turns to lead.
As long as you can still buy cigarettes at any gas station in the country then then the only impact this decision will have is on CVS’s balance sheet.
Interesting fun fact: The new Dollar Store just a block from the old CVS just started selling tobacco products.
What effect except to force people to drive to a different store? (And put more of those nasty CO2 molecules in the air.)
Clearing the shelves to make room for Big Choomer brand legalized marijuana.
Ok, to recap from the other thread: CVS is discontinuing sales of low margin tobacco products (less than 2% of their gross revenue) so that they can begin offering higher margin health services (in store clinics). Projected revenue lost from tobacco sales in the first year is $2 billion. Projected revenues gained from health services the first year is ... $2 billion.
Tobacco sales are declining and are projected to continue to do so. Demand for health services is rising and are projected to continue to do so.
Smart long term business move on CVS’s part ...
Would like to know the increase in Marijuana prescriptions.
I have a hangnail...I believe Marijuana will eleveate the pain.
Two years ago, I won the second place prize in an office March Madness brackets pool by just picking the opposite of whatever BO picked. You'll notice that BO has never publicized his bracket picks since.
Building them bigger...with an office for Planned Parenthood?
I’m going to start running out of businesses who aren’t in my boycott list if this keeps going on.
We get our meds at CVS. Maybe we will switch to Walgreens now.
Yeah, for Indian Reservations....................
C stores will be happy to take their business.
Not to worry, CVS is just making room for their medical marijuana displays.
Instead they’ll sell “medical” marijuana...
I never understood why pharmacies sold cigarettes. Besides the obvious health conflict cigarettes are very low margin and high theft items. The space and investment could have better return in other products. I think its mostly being done because of tradition and not profit.
CVS won’t be selling cigs but will soon be selling prescription Mary Jo Juana! Oooh! The travesty of second hand doobie smoke!
Wondering, once they get everyone to quit smoking and buying cigs, where will the (HUGE amount) tax money come from?
I’ve always thought it was ridiculous that drugstores, which are supposedly trying to make people healthier, sold cigarettes.