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Very interesting story. CVS Pharmacies about a year ago announced it would no longer be selling any tobacco products.<\/p>\n

It’s just one drug store chain, right? No big deal, right? Well, it turns out that decision resulted in a 1 percent reduction<\/a> in cigarette sales in 13 states … that’s 95 million packs<\/em> of cigarettes. That means smokers weren’t just running to other outlets; it actually helped cut the number of cigarettes being sold.<\/p>\n

Hey, you see 1 percent, I see 95 million packs of cigarettes. Every little bit helps. 95 million packs is 1 percent. That gives you a clue to the shocking amount of cigarettes still being sold in the U.S.<\/p>\n

From a Washington Post article:<\/p>\n

Troyen Brennan, chief medical officer for CVS Health, said many people thought that smokers would simply go elsewhere to buy cigarettes once the chain stopped selling them. \u201cWhat this research shows is that we were right,\u201d he said. By removing a convenient place to buy cigarettes, he said, \u201cwe had an overall impact on sales of tobacco products.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CVS did its own study that showed the pharmacy chain once controlled 15 percent of the drug store tobacco sales market in 13 states. \u00a0Most of these states were in the Deep South.<\/p>\n

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From the Post article:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people would be surprised that a single store, even one as large as CVS, could have a direct and measurable effect on tobacco use in the community in which it has a significant presence,\u201d said Matthew Myers, president of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.<\/p>\n

A 1 percent drop in sales may not seem like a big number, he said. \u201cBut given the number of smokers, it\u2019s an extraordinary impact,\u201d he said. He said the organization will be calling on other major retailers to take similar action.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I’m putting my\u00a0money, as little as it is, where my mouth lies to the best of my ability. I go out of my way and buy all my allergy and sinus medication at CVS now.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Very interesting story. CVS Pharmacies about a year ago announced it would no longer be selling any tobacco products. It’s just one drug store chain, right? No big deal, right? Well, it turns out that decision resulted in a 1 percent reduction in cigarette sales in 13 states … that’s 95 million packs of cigarettes. … Continue reading CVS bailing on tobacco sales results in impressive drop in cigarette sales overall<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[223],"tags":[631],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cvs-pharmacy","tag-cvs-pharmacy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cvs-no-smoke.jpg?fit=620%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-Ua","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1886,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1886","url_meta":{"origin":3482,"position":0},"title":"CVS Pharmacies to ban cigarette sales, other tobacco products","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"February 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In the words of Joe Biden ... this is a big fucking deal. , the second biggest drug store chain in the country, will no longer sell any tobacco products in its 7,600 stores across the country. 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