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.
My research says cigs are 13% profit margin for stores. So not trivial by any means. And 40% of convenience store (not pharmacy) gross sales are tobacco.
you have your facts wrong, cigs create a big profit, just because you or I don’t smoke does not mean what they have done is right.
This is about a bigger picture not about what you want or don’t like