Quitting Tobacco Not So Easy for CVS Rivals Selling Cigarettes
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CVS Health Corp. has quit tobacco. Its competitors aren’t finding it so easy.
Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corp. -- retail pharmacies whose cigarette displays are the last thing customers see when checking out -- say that helping tobacco users quit is enough, and they don’t plan to follow CVS and quit selling cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco.