As of today, drugstores in San Francisco can no longer sell cigarettes.

While this basically sounds like a good idea, it is limited to drugstores only! Meaning: Any grocery store with a pharmacy in it can actually continue to sell cigarettes in San Francisco!!!

Lawmakers argue that sick folks shouldn’t be confronted with cancer-causing products when getting their medications at drugstores. – So what about the masses of people who get their prescriptions at a pharmacy at Safeway’s or CostCo?

Needless to say, the Walgreen’s chain and Philip Morris have filed lawsuites against San Francisco, contending this distinction violates the law.

Believe me, I am all for that kind of ban - but it should make more sense than what the city came up with thus far.

- Franc Tausch, PhD, CCHT

Click below for a complete article on this topic from the San Francisco Chronicle

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