AARP Eye Center
In 2014 CVS decided to stop selling cigarettes as a health and wellness company.
Walgreens claiming to be the same type of company, still sells cigarettes today.
CVS had their sales go up, and some studies show their customers cut back and, in some cases, quit smoking.
AARP has partnered with a company that does not care about my health, just their profit. Bad choice
I sympathize and AARP is surely aware of the paradox. But try not let it bother you too much. CVS sells beer and unhealthy snacks and frozen foods. AARP will partner based on the royalty deal they can negotiate making a calculation (or rationalization) that those cigarette sales are subsidizing a greater good.
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