In February 2014, CVS announced its decision to stop selling tobacco products, becoming the first retail pharmacy chain in the U.S
These items, along with poultry, flours, meals, and pellets of meat and meat offal, were all valued at $1.1 billion in 2023
At $80 for 100ml, the value is high (imagining its alleged earlier pricing of $30 or $40 is difficult), comparable to Pure Havane or Vegas Cologne
The Cleveland Clinic (CC) just published an egregiously misleading article titled, Vaping and Smoking: Both are Dangerous, Nicotine in any form is hazardous to your health. The 2007 British Royal College of Physicians report, Harm Reduction in Nicotine Addiction: Helping People Who Can't Quit, was unequivocal: that smokers smoke predominantly for nicotine, that nicotine itself is not especially hazardous , and that if nicotine could be provided in a form that is acceptable and effective as a cigarette substitute, millions of lives could be saved ( emphasis added) Despite the established science, the CC asks: But how do e-cigarettes and cigarettes really stack up when it comes to your health? They dont provide a straight answer, but in its 2016 report the Royal College did: the hazard to health arising from long-term vapour inhalation from the e-cigarettes available today is unlikely to exceed 5% of the harm from smoking tobacco . ( emphasis added)
The candidate is Caterina Skalaski, 47, a mother of three children in the public school district, ages 12, 9 and 7
