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brett_jv

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15. Meaningless fear mongering is what that is ...

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 03:11 AM

Feb 2014

Learn to recognize it when you see it.

Does it really matter if, say, 1oz of nicotine would poison a person, when an average 'user' of nicotine consumes .01oz/day?

Any more than it would matter if 1oz of aspirin would kill a person, when the average aspirin 'user' consumes .01oz/day?

Or that 10000oz of H2O would kill a person, when the average 'user' consumes only 200oz of H2O a day?

Everything is toxic in a high enough dosage ... what matters is the amount that's normally consumed vs. the amount that's actually harmful.

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Obama applauds CVS's move to go tobacco free [View all] alp227 Feb 2014 OP

I'm hoping that CVS has started a trend. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #1

Of coarse it drives the wrong wingers crazy... Grassy Knoll Feb 2014 #2

Cue the Blue Dogs DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #3

I don't think that ANY store should be able to sell ANYTHING russspeakeasy Feb 2014 #4

When they stop selling liquor and fat food HockeyMom Feb 2014 #5

And we have a winner. But it is cooler to attack groups others like to attack joeglow3 Feb 2014 #7

Smoke gets blown in your face. Candy isn't shoved down your throat. alp227 Feb 2014 #8

At the register it IS HockeyMom Feb 2014 #9

i just read on a discussion about walgreen`s evaluation of tobacco products madrchsod Feb 2014 #13

Follow the money.......CVS is playing the "I want federal money" game. russspeakeasy Feb 2014 #6

this from whyquit.com notemason Feb 2014 #10

Meaningless fear mongering is what that is ... brett_jv Feb 2014 #15

Nicotine doesn't kill Alan Selk Feb 2014 #17

More sales for competing tobacco retailers. Oh, well. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #11

walgreens did the same thing with alcohol several years ago. madrchsod Feb 2014 #12

Well, there's only so much retail space..... MADem Feb 2014 #14

Tobacco is not the problem Alan Selk Feb 2014 #16