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CVS Caremark adopts new corporate name

September 3, 2014 by Chain Drug Review CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS/minuteclinic, CVS/pharmacy, CVS/specialty, Helena Foulkes, Larry Merlo, smoking cessation, tobacco sales, Troy Brennan Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. has changed its corporate name to CVS Health to reflect its broader commitment to health care. Also on Wednesday, CVS Health announced the end of tobacco sales at all CVS/pharmacy stores, nearly a month ahead of its initial target date of Oct. 1. In announcing the new corporate name

CVS to stop selling tobacco products

February 5, 2014 by Chain Drug Review cigarettes, CVS, CVS Caremark, CVS/pharmacy, Larry Merlo, Mark Miller, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, smoking-related illnesses, Steven Schroeder, tobacco products, Troyen Brennan, William Blair & Co. Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. will halt all sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products through its more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide by Oct. 1. The action makes CVS/pharmacy the first national drug chain to take this step. “Ending the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products at CVS/pharmacy is the right thing for