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    CVS to Stop Selling Tobacco Products

    CVS/Caremark announced today it will no longer sell cigarettes or related tobacco products in 7600 pharmacies. The drug store giant accounts for about 2% of all tobacco sales nationwide — with its sales amounting to $2 billion. Kelly Kennedy is health policy reporter for USA Today .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    CVS/Caremark announced today it will no longer sell cigarettes or related tobacco products in 7600 pharmacies. The drug store giant accounts for about 2% of all tobacco sales nationwide — with its sales amounting to $2 billion. Kelly Kennedy is health policy reporter for USA Today.

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      Kelly Kennedy

      USA Today

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is a Boycott against Israel Reaching a 'Tipping Point?'
    1. 0:00CVS to Stop Selling Tobacco ProductsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:45Is a Boycott against Israel Reaching a 'Tipping Point?'
    3. 43:15CBO Report Says Obamacare Will Reduce Workforce by 2.3 Million
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