cvs health stops selling tobacco changes name, ends sales early CVS pharmacies to stop selling

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The company sales $2 billion in sales will be shaved off its $125 billion top line." Tobacco Free Rhode Island Lauds Move Tobacco Free Rhode Island applauds CVS for its decision to quit tobacco, said Karina Holyoak Wood, director, Tobacco Free Rhode Island

Ending the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products at CVS/pharmacy is the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help people on their path to better health," CVS CEO Larry Merlo said in a statement

"We are at a critical moment in our nation's efforts to end the epidemic of tobacco use that continues to kill more people than any other preventable cause of death, and threatens the health and well-being of our next generation," CVS Health chief medical officer Troyen Brennan said in a statement

We commend CVS for putting public health ahead of their bottom line and recognizing the need for pharmacies to focus on supporting health and wellness instead of contributing to disease and death caused by tobacco use, the American Medical Association said