Effective today, America’s second-largest pharmacy chain bans tobacco sales in its stores.
Starting today, CVS will stop selling tobacco products at its 7,700 stores nationwide. Earlier this year, CVS announced that it would stop selling tobacco on Oct. 1, 2014.
CVS pharmacy employee removes cigarettes from store shelves.
CVS
Along with banning cigarettes and other tobacco products from its shelves, CVS Caremark Corp. will rebrand as CVS Health, company CEO Larry Menlo said. "Today as CVS Health we are tobacco-free."
Larry Menlo
"We see ourselves as a health care company. There is nothing as bad for health as smoking," said Dr. Troy Brennan, CVS Executive VP and Chief Medical Officer. "So selling a product in our store that's causing people health problems didn't make sense."
Dr. Troy Brennan
CVS
Cigarettes and cigars will be replaced by aids to help people quit smoking. A press representative for CVS confirmed to BuzzFeed that the company anticipates losing $2 billion in revenue annually from stopping tobacco sales at its stores.
CVS
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