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