I have been a poor blogger and have not posted in a very long time.
Therefore, it is with great pleasure that I return with a happy announcement. Major media around the country was buzzing with the announcement the CVS Caremark announcement today the pharamacy chain will stop selling tobacco products by October 1.
See the article below at http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/05/271906167/cvs-to-stop-selling-tobacco-products Notably, the chain already has a policy against selling "electronic cigarettes" or non-combustible tobacco delivery devices.
As reported by NPR-Saying it is "the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health," the CEO of CVS Caremark announced Wednesday that the company's 7,600 pharmacies will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products by Oct. 1.
Larry Merlo also said CVS will try to help those who want to quit smoking with a "robust national smoking cessation program" at its locations. CVS says the decision will trim about $2 billion in annual revenue — out of what Forbes reports is $125 billion in sales each year. But as Forbes adds, Merlo believes that "continuing to sell cigarettes, which the Surgeon General blames for 480,000 deaths every year from heart disease, lung cancer, and stroke, was anathema to CVS' long-term plan to become a central player in the U.S. health care system."
Other retailers have recently come under fire for continuing to sell tobacco products while attempting to promote themselves as health and wellness-centered organization. Mega-retailer Walmart remains one of the largest dealers of tobacco products in North America.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Friday, August 30, 2013
Quittin Time: Tobacco News Round Up
Posted by ActionToQuit. Reposted at http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com,
Curbing Childhood Tobacco Use
NEWS
FDA Discusses Banning Online Sales of E-Cigarettes
August 30, 2013 The Food and Drug Administration has been in discussions with the e-cigarette industry about a possible online-sales ban of the product, as it prepares a package of proposed regulations for the increasingly popular devices, people familiar with the matter said. Read more.
August 30, 2013 As GW rolls out its smoke-free campus policy this fall, it follows suit of colleges nationwide that are mostly ignoring the question of how to enforce their smoking bans. Read more.
E-Cigarettes Contain Chemicals That Make Some ‘As Harmful As Normal Tobacco’
August 29, 2013 Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed. Read more.
Nicotine Exposure Gives Baby Rats Addictive Personalities
August 29, 2013 Exposure to nicotine in the womb increases the production of brain cells that stimulate appetite, leading to overconsumption of nicotine, alcohol and fatty foods in later life, according to a new study in rats. Read more.
Female Smokers at Higher Risk for Hemorrhagic Stroke
August 28, 2013 The advice that “smoking is bad for you” may be old news, but the American Heart Association has released a new study in their journal Stroke, which reveals women are more susceptible to certain stroke-related risks that result from smoking. Read more.
Doctors Support Raising the Smoking Age
August 28, 2013 Teenagers looking to buy cigarettes in New York may have to look elsewhere if a city council proposal is approved and signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Read more.
Why Is Obama Caving on Tobacco?
August 27, 2013 Last year I endorsed President Obama for re-election largely because of his commitment to putting science and public health before politics. Read more.
Study Cites Progress in Curbing Tobacco Sales to Minors
August 27, 2013 Federal and state efforts to snuff out tobacco sales to minors are working despite a slight rise in those sales between 2011 and 2012, a new report says. Read more.
Doctors Asked to Counsel Teens About the Dangers of Smoking
August 26, 2013 Doctors already have a hefty checklist of topics to go over with their patients. Read more.
Smoking Rates Are on the Decline, but Not So Big Tobacco
August 26, 2013 For years now, the tobacco industry has battled a declining U.S. smoker base and a barrage of anti-smoking campaigns. Read more.
Curbing Childhood Tobacco Use
NEWS
FDA Discusses Banning Online Sales of E-Cigarettes
August 30, 2013 The Food and Drug Administration has been in discussions with the e-cigarette industry about a possible online-sales ban of the product, as it prepares a package of proposed regulations for the increasingly popular devices, people familiar with the matter said. Read more.
August 30, 2013 As GW rolls out its smoke-free campus policy this fall, it follows suit of colleges nationwide that are mostly ignoring the question of how to enforce their smoking bans. Read more.
E-Cigarettes Contain Chemicals That Make Some ‘As Harmful As Normal Tobacco’
August 29, 2013 Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed. Read more.
Nicotine Exposure Gives Baby Rats Addictive Personalities
August 29, 2013 Exposure to nicotine in the womb increases the production of brain cells that stimulate appetite, leading to overconsumption of nicotine, alcohol and fatty foods in later life, according to a new study in rats. Read more.
Female Smokers at Higher Risk for Hemorrhagic Stroke
August 28, 2013 The advice that “smoking is bad for you” may be old news, but the American Heart Association has released a new study in their journal Stroke, which reveals women are more susceptible to certain stroke-related risks that result from smoking. Read more.
Doctors Support Raising the Smoking Age
August 28, 2013 Teenagers looking to buy cigarettes in New York may have to look elsewhere if a city council proposal is approved and signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Read more.
Why Is Obama Caving on Tobacco?
August 27, 2013 Last year I endorsed President Obama for re-election largely because of his commitment to putting science and public health before politics. Read more.
Study Cites Progress in Curbing Tobacco Sales to Minors
August 27, 2013 Federal and state efforts to snuff out tobacco sales to minors are working despite a slight rise in those sales between 2011 and 2012, a new report says. Read more.
Doctors Asked to Counsel Teens About the Dangers of Smoking
August 26, 2013 Doctors already have a hefty checklist of topics to go over with their patients. Read more.
Smoking Rates Are on the Decline, but Not So Big Tobacco
August 26, 2013 For years now, the tobacco industry has battled a declining U.S. smoker base and a barrage of anti-smoking campaigns. Read more.
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