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Tommy Elrod
The article I read said $1.5 billion for direct tobacco sales, and $0.5 from the ancillary products that smokers buy.
That makes more sense to me, but I have a hard time imagining the replacement of the lost business that comes with stocking an area about 2x5 feet behind a cashier.
Principled stand considering they will be branding themselves as a health provider. It will hurt walk-in traffic. You know smokers are making other impulse purchases when they go in for cigs. Other states are already banning cig sales in pharmacies already, so they are getting out front on this.
It will be interesting to watch their transition from convenience store with pharmacy in the back to an actual health provider. Wonder if they'll continue to sell snack food and soda given our obesity epidemic. Same rationale would apply, yes?
I didn't realize that part in bold. It makes more sense in that context, but God our politicians are such tards.