CVS Caremark quits
February 7, 2014
US giant CVS Caremark chain of
pharmacies will stop selling tobacco
products as of 01 Oct.
Ceo Larry Merlo said tobacco
products had no place in a setting
where healthcare was delivered,
the BBC reported.
Merlo said this would cost the
company of 7,600 stores and 26,000
pharmacists and nurse practitioners
US$2b, the publication reported.
The chain made US$125b in sales
last year, the BBC said.
TobaccofreeRX, an
interdisciplinary group of
healthcare professionals, called
on Walgreens and Rite Aid to join
CVS in ending the sale of tobacco
products in their pharmacies.
MEANWHILE the FDA has
launched its first national public
education campaign to prevent,
youth tobacco use and reduce the
number of 12 to 17 year olds who
become regular smokers.
The first of several campaigns,
“The Real Cost” targeted the 10m
young people who have never
smoked but are open to it.
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