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CVS bans sell of cigarettes, will others follow?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by FishBulb913, Feb 5, 2014.

  1. Bandwagoner

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    Neosporin
    Acetone
    Acetic acid (vinegar) with baking soda for an abrasive. Or just use some Brasso.
     
  2. XIrocket

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    did they ban booze too? What a fraud..
     
  3. SuperBeeKay

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    one step at a time. not carrying cigs better than nothing.
     
  4. hotballa

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    So they are in the business of selling healthy stuff...then when do we remove all the sugary products they carry? How many people die from diabetes and other related diseases as opposed to lung cancer? slippery slope. And this is coming from someone who ABHORS smoking and would gladly ban it everywhere possible
     
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    Ours have none.:mad:
     
  6. Major

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    So unless they ban all unhealthy things, they are fraudulent? If you improve your diet by giving up a few bad things but not everything, is there value?

    Were they fraudulent for selling cigarettes but not guns?
     
  7. Rashmon

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    I have seldom shopped at CVS but this will make it more likely that I would be a customer in the future.

    A business decision that benefits the well-being of people at the potential expense of profit?

    I don't understand why anyone would have a problem with this business decision. Whether you smoke or not.
     
  8. Buck Turgidson

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    Only one place I can get tobackey, col'beer, and my secund amendemnt rights all in one stop. WALMRT b****es!
     
  9. Andrew Wiggins

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    Some people just want to be negative about everything.

    I didn't know alcohol was more addictive than cigarettes. Sure it's bad for you, but when you compare cigarette and alcohol users more are addicted to cigarettes.

    As for sugary products I didn't know that was crack either.
     
  10. Raven

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    If someone wants to drink booze or eat candy, that's their business, but second hand smoke is disgusting and harmful, and smokers never gave a #### about lighting up anywhere and everywhere until the law forced them to act like decent human beings.

    Now let's hope CVS takes it one stop further and stops placing candy near the floor so children can see it.
     
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    Smokers have RIGHTS!

    :mad:
     
  12. Houstunna

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    funny

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    Seriously though, props to CVS. They're putting money where their is.
     
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    Does cvs has a license to sell guns?
     
  15. Major

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    Why is that relevant? Would it be that hard for them to get one? If the argument is that they should be selling all bad products or they are a fraud, then not getting a license is a pretty crappy excuse.
     
  16. Yonkers

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    Actually, more than the second hand smoke I hate the fact that smokers litter all over the effin place. Finish smoking? Drop cigarette, stamp out with shoe (if that), walk away. Driving down the road? Flick out window.
     
  17. SacTown

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    With all of the data out there showing that smoking is the number one thing you can do to shorten your life, how is it not like suicide? It also affects other innocent people. I'm all for this crap being banned. I would like to see HFCS next on the list.
     
  18. RocketRaccoon

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    Just love the way non-_____ talk about ______ like they know ANYTHING about ____.

    The war on cigs was never about health but cultural control. When politicians classify e-cigs as regular cigs and make laws stating such, then it's pretty damn obvious.
     
  19. Falcons Talon

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    Why is selling a gun a bad product. If they follow the laws of selling firearms, everything should be fine.
     
  20. Falcons Talon

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    If its about littering, there's a whole lot of stuff that should not be sold or given out. Is there a plastic bag ban in Houston?
     

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