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Bazile | 15:05 Wed 05th Feb 2014 | News
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Is this a sincere case of Altruism , that's caused this damascene moment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26051519

I dont suppose a loss of $1.22bn revenue against sales of $125bn will be an unsustainable dent on the balance sheets .

One has to ask though, what was a company providing services of the nature described , doing selling tobbaco products , in the first place ?
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No. I don't believe in altruism. At best it's good publicity, at worst, controlling and moralising.
Probably they always had sold tobacco products, a practice dating from days when taking tobacco or smoking it were not regarded as dangerous. Old habits die hard, for smokers and retailers !
/One has to ask though, what was a company providing services of the nature described , doing selling tobbaco products , in the first place ? /

Well, it is a 'Drugstore' :-)
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The dangers of tobbaco products have been known for decades now - so i dont think it's a case of old habits die hard , with respect to the company - rather , a case of providing a nice divident to shareholders
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Zeuhl

I wonder if they sell coffee there as well
probably bazile LOL

and what about E-Cigarettes? Is it ok for a pharmacy to get people hooked on that form of nicotine?

The product range of American 'Drugstores' has always been much wider than the European concept of a pharmacy or chemist.

Perhaps a merger for Boots, Costa and Baskin Robbins?
A smart move and it seems win, win for them. A loss of about $2bn a year out of $125b in a market that in all liklihood will fall year after year with people giving up, youngsters being disinclined to smoke plus future anti tobacco legislation.
It's certainly good for the image. And what's the betting that cigarette sales have declined over the years, so the income from that source has shrunk ?
Indeed..

much better to feed the lucrative (and growing) addiction to nicotine in the form of gum, patches, sprays and e-cigs
Nicotine isn't as harmful as tobacco. I watched something on TV where a doctor was saying (I think Hilery Jones) that Nicotine is about as harmful as caffeine.
That's right ummm

But it is much more chemically addictive than caffeine.

so switching someone from tobacco to nicotine is probably a good thing

But what about hooking a non-smoker (or occasional smoker) onto nicotine products?

It's an interesting moral issue
Fred I think smoking , chewing, sniffing of any sort of weed , opium, tobacco, snuff , herbal etc. have always been considered of some danger. It was the connection with lung cancer that caused it to hit the headlines.
When I was a child before the war I remember being given 2 or 3 pence to go to the shop and say " A packet of coffin nails please !" and the shopkeeper would give me a packet of Woodbines or Players Weights .
People didn't know much about lung cancer but they did know about mouth cancer severe bronchitis and the term Smoker's Cough was in common parlance.
I can't imagine a non smoker being interested in such products....I mean, most smokers aren't ;-)
ummm - probably not :-)

perhaps they need to be nicer flavours to attract the youngsters - like alcopops
No, i can't see non-smokers slapping patches on either. The point with the nicotine replacement is that you don't get the hit.
They already do!!

In fairness though, it's better to be addicted to replacements than it is to cigarettes. Much cheaper, too.
they're much more than just a pharmacy - similar to Boots but shops the size of supermarkets. But a 1% fall in profits will hit them as it hits anyone who works to fairly tight profit margins; and it may drive shoppers to rival stores. So yes, they've done the right thing, good for them
Sorry - I've just realised i was being vague...

it was e-cigs i had in mind more than any other form

I was imagining gangs of youngsters hooked on them as they are 'healthy' and allowed indoors.
i know people who didn't used to smoke who now "vape" as its the trendy thing to do in some circles

its better than smoking tobacco but its still leading to a nicotine addiction, not sure about that
Fluff, I went round a friends house a few weeks ago and her 20 year old daughter was there with half a dozen friends getting ready to go out, they were all chuffing on those vape things yet none of them smoked baccy! The mind boggles.

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