Sunday’s Column – We Are All About Your Health

Mar 24, 2014 by winjaw

Everyone seems to be on a health kick these days.

Maybe it’s because the weather is finally warming up. The Little Black Dress, for instance, has restarted her “around the neighborhood walks,” toting her little snowball of fur along with her.

I have on occasion joined her, simply to try and tame Gigantor, a behemoth mix of various wolf and bear species, so that the LBD can handle him on a leash as well.

But it’s not only people getting into the groove — companies are pushing the health kick as well.

Not too long ago, CVS, one of the nation’s biggest pharmacy chains, announced that it was going to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products starting in the fall.

“Ending the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products at CVS/pharmacy is the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health,” Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, said in a statement. “Put simply, the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose.”

Health gurus, and even the president, were quick to praise the company.

“As one of the largest retailers and pharmacies in America, CVS Caremark sets a powerful example, and today’s decision will help advance my administration’s efforts to reduce tobacco-related deaths, cancer, and heart disease, as well as bring down health care costs — ultimately saving lives and protecting untold numbers of families from pain and heartbreak for years to come,” Obama was quoted as saying.

This, of course, coming from a man who admits to still sneaking an occasional cigarette himself, what he calls as “falling off the wagon.”
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But not to be outdone, nearly 30 attorney generals from various states have jumped on the no-more-selling-cigarettes bandwagon. They’ve even sent letters to Walmart, Kroger Rite Aid, Walgreens and Safeway, asking them to join the CVS plan.

“Pharmacies and drug stores, which increasingly market themselves as a source for community health care, send a mixed message by continuing to sell deadly tobacco products,” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says in a news release. “The fact that these stores profit from the sale of cigarettes and tobacco must take a backseat to the health of New Yorkers and customers across the country. I urge these companies to do the right thing and remove tobacco products from store shelves.”

I’m one of those who believes companies have the right to sell, or not sell, whatever they want — provided they don’t discriminate in their decision.

Anyway. I stopped off at the local CVS the other day because I needed some contact solution. I walked down one aisle loaded with every kind of snack you could ask for. Cheetos, Fritos, Pringles, beef jerky — including teriyaki and extra spicy flavors — and good old Lays potato chips. You know, the kind that are impossible to eat just one. That was followed by a myriad of various candy bars, including my favorites, Junior Mints and Reeses.

I did stop at the wine section to pick up a bottle of chardonnay, although it wasn’t chilled. That was reserved for the beer, which I declined. Although Vienna sausages or those cheese crackers always go well with a frosty, and they were nearby.

Walking down that aisle, I recalled that statement from the CEO of CVS about wanting to “help people on their path to better health.”

Something tells me he missed a couple of aisles.