CVS Stops Selling Tobacco Products
Starting Wednesday,
Back in February, CVS announced it planned to stop offering those products in their stores by
In a statement, the President of
Going one step further, the company will also start a national smoking cessation program to help smokers quit.
CVS estimates it will lose around
"Today, CVS took a significant step in stopping the sale of tobacco products in their stores and kicking off a smoking-cessation campaign.
As one of our country's largest retailers and pharmacies, the newly-named
CVS's actions will not only help Americans across the country who are trying to quit smoking, it will also help ensure that when families go to their neighborhood pharmacy, they can get the information and support they need to live healthy lives, which can contribute to driving down health care costs.
The President has made creating a tobacco-free generation a top priority. These efforts include signing the landmark Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which gave the
And 50 years after the Surgeon General's landmark Report on Smoking and Health, we have reduced smoking rates by half. However, our work is far from done, and today's announcement by
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