Hot for smokers. CVS clearance on cigarettes.

[Kenmitch]

CVS is stopping the sale of cigs sometime soon.

YMMV

Wife stated some Marlboro down to $2 a pack. Some Camel products down to $1.62 a pack.

Yes smoking is bad for you....But might as well save some $'s if you must.

 

[VirtualLarry]

CVS is stopping the sale of cigs sometime soon.

YMMV

Wife stated some Marlboro down to $2 a pack. Some Camel products down to $1.62 a pack.

Yes smoking is bad for you....But might as well save some $'s if you must.

That's very interesting. You must be in a state without "state minimum prices" for cigs then. That would never fly here.

 

[mdram]

$2 wouldnt even pay the state tax

 

[Roland00Address]

Yes smoking is bad for you....But might as well save some $'s if you must.

As a non smoker, who never ever wants to start.

Yeah smoking is bad for you long term, it has a very good chance to kill you.

But smoking is also a drug, just like a prescription drug, and it does a whole lot of things with neurotransmitters and chemicals that are positive things. Things such as giving you focus, treating depression, enhancing pleasure, etc.

Sure there are better ways to treat focus and depression that will not mess you up long term, but do not dismiss the awesome power that is in that cigarette. Respect that power. That instant effect and how it gives you instant focus and instant mood elevation may feel good and euphoric but it is the same method of action that gets you addicted. If you are using it to self medicate a problem away (Depression, attention issues, memory issues, emotional regulation, anxiety, etc) there are much better medicines out there that also treat these problems but won't kill you or harm your health and are not as addictive.

(Smoking also while it does many positive things with neurotransmitters in the short term, also does many bad things with neurotransmitters in the long term, and these things get worse for the withdrawal period until your body corrects itself over several months).

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Yeah do not start smoking, but if you start smoking for it feels good, you may have an actual problem that can be treated long term in a much better way than smoking.

 

[imaheadcase]

This should not even be listed here imo.

Fyi its not yet official, but word is walmart is going to get rid of cigs soon. They will have a small variety of electronic cigarettes and that is it.

 

[Samus]

Smoking occasionally during periods of stress can have positive effects on the mind, which effects the body. This has stood as a fact throughout time since the discovery of tobacco thousands of years ago.

There are medically approved applications to treat illnesses such as bipolar, anxiety, schizophrenia and chronic depression that involve tobacco use. However, marijuana is also medically approved for these illnesses which doesn't need to be smoked as often and is generally vaporized or eaten when prescribed in medical circles, reducing its long-term threat to the lungs.

That said...smoking a lot will inevitably shorten your life. There are obviously safer alternatives to tobacco with similar effect, as well. There are also safer ways to enjoy tobacco such as Swedish Snus, a high quality, regulated food product of steam-cured tobacco lacking carcinogens.

In the end, I think it's pretty obvious to everybody in the 21st century that tobacco, especially American tobacco, is shit that will kill you. But if people are going to die anyway (or harm themselves) and tobacco can be used as a treatment to ease pain, I think some compassion should be shown toward this group of tobacco users (which is a pretty substantial size of the current tobacco smoking-population)

 

[NickelPlate]

Lung cancer on the cheap!! Woohoo!