They also stressed they offer smoking cessation products and treatments
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
The policy will be effective September 1, 2019, and is the most recent step in an ongoing effort to further prevent youth access to tobacco products
-- The quickly growing influence of stockholders today is putting public companies such as Walgreens on the defensive
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