# Wegman's is trend setting **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 4, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265 "2008-01-04T18:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/41 "2008-01-04T23:35:05Z")
Word to capitalism. I don’t give 2 shits to hear their arguments or read the thread, but I guarantee that somebody figured out that it will likely boost their bottom line. Any health/community benefits are just a bonus. Good for them. Besides, it’s 2008. Who the fuck is dumb enough to still be smoking? Lets go Darwin, lets go! The herd could always use a little thinning out. Disclaimer for anyone that smokes: Your smoking has absolutely no bearing on the quality of your character, so don’t be offended. Now put those stupid fucking things down while it’s still your life to live. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/42 "2008-01-05T02:15:31Z")
Random fact Wegmans started as a liquor store… ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/43 "2008-01-05T03:27:10Z")
Good for them. Won’t effect me at all, but I think it’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/44 "2008-01-05T05:32:42Z")
To all the people making the argument that they are still selling alcohol and fatty foods you’re missing a significant point in that both those things still have nutritional/health value. Sure they can be abused, but there is no other product on the planet like tobacco. Imagine if someone tried to put a product on the market today that had no nutritional or medicinal value; caused numerous cancers, high blood pressure, heart disease, emphysema, artery blockage… (you get the point); was known to be an addictive substance; and finally was known to decrease lifespan. The only reason these fucking things are still around is bad politics. Finally, cigarette use is decreasing as the older generation is dying off and there are less people taking up the habit. Wegmans has grown the balls to say enough is enough and I hope many others will follow. ---
**Author:** ![1995gts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1995gts/32/4987_2.png) [@1995gts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1995gts)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/45 "2008-01-05T05:50:57Z")
> [@camarojoe](#): > > Hey, I never smoked a day in my life. Never will. Fatty foods aren’t as damaging as cigarettes. Moderation, exercise, etc. They offer alternatives like fat free, etc. Cigrattes have one option, not healthy and unhealthy. You can at least reverse the effects of unhealthy living. You can’t regenerate a lung. > > Quote 🙂 > > “If you’re going to start to eliminate things and take things out, then what next?” Marsha Strell questioned. “They got rid of cigarettes, maybe they’ll get rid of beer.” > > While cancer prevention expert James Marshall said that’s a valid point, he says research shows that cigarettes kill many more people. > > “Think about three large aircraft liners crashing every single day of the year,” Marshall said. “That’s tobacco’s toll. Alcohol is not even close to that.” I never ever seen a death certificate that said “cause of death” tobacco, cigarettes… ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/46 "2008-01-05T06:08:00Z")
> [@1995gts](#): > > I never ever seen a death certificate that said “cause of death” tobacco, cigarettes… It’s the effects that the cigarette has on the persons body, lungs, lymph nodes, etc. Of course it’s not going to say that on the death certificate. Smoking effects the entire respiratory system, lungs, throut, tongue… You don’t get black lungs from eating food. Sad part is when I was at Roswell for treatment, there would be patients in their wheelchairs with their oxygen machines hooked up to them outside smoking through the hold in their neck. Sidenote- Roswell Park is now a no smoke zone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![speedracer329](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/speedracer329/32/5058_2.png) [@speedracer329](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedracer329)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/47 "2008-01-05T08:22:37Z")
sidenote: i work there, its gross people have to go across the street and they smoke inside the parking garage… ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/48 "2008-01-05T08:38:54Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > ??? im confused don’t you get a lifetime supply at birth 😛 nah, not enrolled… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/49 "2008-01-05T08:41:05Z")
> [@ly555is](#): > > nah, not enrolled… 😉 :P:poke: ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/50 "2008-01-05T08:42:57Z")
> [@Jeller](#): > > They charged waayyyyy too much for smokes anyways :rolljerk: > > Jeller QFT! As a part-timer at the Service Desk at Wegmans, that’s what I always hear any time someone buys a pack. And it amazes me when they still end up buying them because they are too lazy to walk to the gas station next door:retard:. Anyways, I love this move by Wegmans and it’s one less thing I have to do at work :thankyou: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/51 "2008-01-05T08:47:13Z")
personally… I’m a smoker and think it’s a great idea. Also heard that walmart was doing the same thing. I think it’s retarded that the government says no to ALOT of relatively harmless shit, but yet gives the nod for something as dangerous as cigarettes and proceeds to tax the shit out of it. fucking Hippocratic ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/52 "2008-01-05T09:36:33Z")
i never bought smokes from wegmans, they’re like 8 bills a pack. but they have quite the selection of beer. and the subs there are delish. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/53 "2008-01-05T10:08:24Z")
> [@speedracer329](#): > > sidenote: i work there, its gross people have to go across the street and they smoke inside the parking garage… Sidenote reply. I’m assuming you are talking about Roswell. The parking ramp is not owned by Roswell, hence people being able to smoke there. I walk through the entrance/exit where the cars go through. Smokers don’t stand there. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/54 "2008-01-05T10:23:17Z")
Alcohol may rip families apart but smoke affects more than just the people that are smoking. Think of how many kids are getting second hand smoke because their parent are on a pack a day. Good move by Wegmans. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/55 "2008-01-05T10:23:36Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > i never bought smokes from wegmans, they’re like 8 bills a pack. > > but they have quite the selection of beer. and the subs there are delish. Late night sushi and beer FTW! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/56 "2008-01-05T10:23:52Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > fucking Hippocratic \*hypocritcal. hippocratic would be involving ethical practice of medicine, which, ironically, is quite the opposite of what they are doing. ill beat the other English nerds to it. ---
**Author:** ![AShort](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ashort/32/4947_2.png) [@AShort](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AShort)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/57 "2008-01-05T10:24:57Z")
i’ve also never bought smokes from wegmans…usually get mine at noco or something. but if they want to set a trend good for them…hopfully others will follow and ill be forced to quit the bad habit lol ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/58 "2008-01-05T11:19:06Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > Alcohol may rip families apart but smoke affects more than just the people that are smoking. Think of how many kids are getting second hand smoke because their parent are on a pack a day. Good move by Wegmans. WORD. Drunk drivers NEVER kill anyone. ---
**Author:** ![redrum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrum/32/7398_2.png) [@redrum](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/redrum)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/59 "2008-01-05T11:28:23Z")
:gotme: who buys cigarettes from wegmans anyway? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wegmans-is-trend-setting/41265/60 "2008-01-05T11:50:44Z")
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