On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 18:28:49 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 2/5/2014 12:56 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
CVS/Pharmacy just announced they will stop selling tobacco products
in their 7600 retail stores 10/01/2114.

It will cost them at least $2 billion up front; however, long term you
can't
buy that kind of goodwill this will generate.

Wonder whose next to join CVS?

Lew






Goodwill, is that what they are calling it?

It makes good ethical sense but the customers are going to give the
competition $2 Billion worth of extra business.

Perhaps more, as the smokers get used to shopping elsewhere.

Sounds like a preemptive move to perhaps dodge any law suits Kalifornia
is cooking up.