cvs health stops selling tobacco says stopping sales has had big impact CVS stores will stop selling

health care system that interacts ever more closely with patients, giving flu shots, reminding them when they are not filling prescriptions, and, through its 800 Minute Clinic in-store nurse practitioner stations, prescribing medicines

We havent done an effective job of matching cost associated with the required care

Only 4 percent of cigarette sales are in drugstores

More than 5 million deaths per year are caused by tobacco use

CVSs decision to accelerate the end of tobacco sales at its stores and offer a smoking cessation program to customers is an important step forward for public health and one that other pharmacies should follow, he said in a statement posted to his website