CVS will stop selling tobacco products (including cigs of course)

CVS decided to drop selling cigs and tobacco products in all of their stores as of October 2014.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/05/us-cvscaremark-cigarettes-idUSBREA140RP20140205

The media says this decision will make CVS lose at least 2 billion bucks in revenues per year.  But I never bought cigs from CVS anyway.  Feel free to discontinue selling em CVS.  At least Walgreens believes in accommodating ALL of their customers (even with having their own clinics) by still selling cigs.

I agree its hypocritical to drop cigs but not liquor if CVS is really concerned about having clinics in their stores.  If they really concerned about getting rid of products that can affect their customers' health, they need to take the liquor off of their shelves as well.  And all of those candy bars I've seen in an aisle once.

Will Walgreens discontinue selling tobacco products?  At the time of this post, I heard Walgreens is thinking of the idea.  But they have no plans (at least for now) to drop cigs off of their shelves.

South Beach Smoke e-cigs

I have to update the banners on my bog.  But if ayone is looking for a way to buy e-cigs online, you can take a look at South Beach Smoke.  This is one of those e-cig brands that actually looks like a real cig.

http://www.southbeachsmoke.com/?A=1455

"Cigarettiquette!" officially released

A new book on smoking has been released!  "Cigarettiquette" by fellow smoker Sandy.  This book focuses on the glamor side of smoking.  While it's certainly a prosmoking book, I wouldn't specifically call it a book that focuses on mainly the smoking fetish.

The glamor of seeing women smoke cigs is only part of the big smokey pic (so to speak).

This book can also be purchased at Amazon.  More info on the book can be found at the URL below.

http://waifette.com/cigarettiquette/

New IL cig butt law: $1500 fine for flicking/dropping butts on the ground

This article makes it sound like this new fine for "littering with cig butts" only applies to flicking butts outta cars.  But the new fine actually applies to dropping butts on the ground anywhere.  Including dropping and discarding cig butts while smoking outside.

$1500 is too steep for a fine.   I agree with those who dont consider dropping cig butts "littering."  It sounds like an indirect way to force people to quit smoking.  Modern cars don't have ashtrays.  And every street corner doesnt have a trash can let alone an outdoor ashtray.  So a smoker has no choice but to flick butts on the ground.

Some smokers actually keep the butts til they find a trash can.  Throwing cig butts in trash cans is a common way for trash can fires to start.

ARTICLE LINK

NYC: Smoking sctivisits light up in City Hall in e-cig ban protest

Smoking activists light up in protest

Audrey Silk led this group of NYC smoking activists.  I admire her nice work over the past I think up to 10 years now.

Brief clip of me smoking

NYC Article on raising the tobacco age from 18 to 21 and e-cig thoughts

ARTICLE LINK

You gotta be at least 21 to buy tobacco products in NYC now instead of 18.  I wouldn't be surprised if 21 eventually becomes the new age for buying tobacco in ALL states 2 years from now.

It's sad to think an 18-20 year old can serve the country in the army, and work 2 jobs at once in order to pay his/her college tuition and other college expenses (for the ones who wanna go to college).  But that 18-20 year old may lose the right to buy cigs in the near future.

I barely lived in the days when people could buy cigs and any tobacco (including smokeless tobacco) at ANY age without any trouble.  Now a young adult who wants to smoke in NYC has to ask someone legally old enough to buy liquor to buy that cig pack for him/her too.

But based on NYC's cig prices, I wouldnt buy cigs in that town anyway.  At least an 18-20 year old can still go to NH or Vermont to buy packs and cartons legally.

I'm sure that new 21 age applies to e-cig purchases as well.  I can only laugh at those calling e-cigs the cigs of the future.  If smoking bans got revoked, then e-cigs would die immediately.  Those things were invented to help smokers work around smoking bans,  Some call em a quit smoking tool. but I dont see how e-cigs can help anyone lose the nic craves for good.

Petition for opposing a college campus smking ban (Chicago)

Here's a petition smokers can sign online.  This one is for opposing a smoking ban proposal on hte Loyola Univ. campus at Chicago.  I'm guessing Loyola actually ignored the statewide smoking ban at first.  But now, Loyola sounds like they're being forced to join the smoke-free club.  Since more and more colleges have smoke-free campuses in modern times

CLICK THIS  to view petition.

E-Cig Ban Withdrawn in CA

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51046/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11784

California: Legislation to Restrict Use of E-Cigarettes and Smokeless Vaporizers Withdrawn

Sponsors have withdrawn legislation that would have banned the use of e-cigarettes and similar smokeless vaporizers in areas where tobacco smoking is banned (SB 648 - Sen. Corbett). The measure will receive no further action during this legislative session. It remains possible for a revised version of this legislation to be introduced next year.

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Bic lighters are the best ones to use for smoking

Do you prefer using Bic lighters, or the cheap lighters to light up your cigs?  Or do you have the attitude of "As long as it works in lighting up my cigs, I dont care about the lighter brand." *chuckle*

I prefer the tall Bics.  The tiny Bic lighters are ok.  But its easier for the tiny lighters to fall outta my pockets without realizing it while outside.  I never lost a tall Bic lighter before. 

I do remember rare times when the tall lighters would come in contact with falling rain.  And then the rain would essentially "kill" the lighter. I learned back then when lighters fall in water or come in contact with too much rain while outside, the lighter fluid becomes plain water in a sense.  Therefore, when I flick, I aint gonna see a flame pop up.  Not even a small flame.

The color of the Bics aint a biggie to me.  Even if I saw a gray Bic for instance, I'd still use it.  But my favorite lighter colors are red, black, purple, and pink.  I only see pink lighters once in a blue moon.

The cheaper lighters make my cigs taste a lot different.  They make Newports feel like I'm smoking a light cig instead.  They also dont last as long as a Bic lighter.  A cheap one lasts for only 3 straight weeks before the flames become small.  A tall Bic can last as long as 1.5 months before the flames become small.

(The cheap lighters are actually a lil wider than a Bic.)

BTW, for any Blog readers, in case you didnt know, you can buy 50 Bic Lighters at Amazon for only $52 (that price includes shipping).  That's only a lil mo than 1 buck per lighter individually.  You can buy 1-2 Bic lighters at Amazon if you wanna pay 7-10 bucks for it.  LOL

Walmart has the best offline prices for lighters.  Their price for a 5 pack of tall Bic lighters is about $4.60 by me.  That's only 92 cents for each Bic individually.  92 cents is a darn good price for one tall Bic lighter when I take into account one tall Bic lighter in Chicago is about $2.25 in convience stores and gas stations.

I only keep emphasizing the tall term cause I assume a pack of the smaller Bic lighters would be cheaper.  And its hard to find a place that sells smaller Bics individually/ But I aint used to buying that lighter size.  Sometimes, I might get 2 of the smaller ones for free within a 5 pack of tall Bics.