At last months shareholders meeting, Walgreens reiterated its stance that its tobacco sales are a business decision designed to address customer choice and stressed it also offers smoking cessation products and programs
Walgreens policy, effective this month, includes all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
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He chastised the company, saying Walgreens shouldnt be selling tobacco products, period. A top competitor, CVS, banned all tobacco sales in 2014, saying the sales conflicted with our purpose of helping people on their path to better health. Walgreens should recognize that there is a fundamental conflict between their mission as a health care provider and the sale of tobacco products, which are the number one cause of preventable death, Myers said in a statement