Walgreens President of Operations, Richard Ashworth, says, Weve seen positive results from other recent efforts to strengthen our policies related to tobacco sales, and believe this next step can be even more impactful to reduce its use among teens and young adults. Ashworth adds, Through ongoing training and certification for pharmacists and technicians, we also continue to help and support people looking to quit the use of tobacco in their lives. The new Tobacco 21 policy reinforces other recent steps the company has taken, including the implementation of a Card All policy chain-wide last October, which requires verification regardless of age on all tobacco sales in Walgreens stores
With CVS achieving virtual parity with Walgreens in terms of store count, c-stores may see an equivalent surge if the other shoe of Walgreens were to drop
Approximately 400 Walgreens stores offer Healthcare Clinic or other provider retail clinic services.
And if the customers choose to smoke and want to buy tobacco products in our environment, we provide that," said James Skinner, executive chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance during a shareholder call earlier this year
