CVS - America's biggest pharmacy chain and retail store has passed a new law 'banning the sales of all tobacco products' in each of their retail stores. CVS will no longer sale Cigarettes and will focus more on health related products. CVS is basically famous for its Pharmacy which sells all types of pharmacy drugs, selling cigarettes at the same in their retail store will demoralize their motive of becoming the biggest healthcare industry in future. CVS announced on Wednesday, the company will ban all the tobacco products from October 1st 2014. CVS president and CEO Larry Merlo said, " When we asked ourselves where we expect to be in future as a healthcare company, it became clear that removing tobacco products from our store was the right thing to do "
CVS currently holds more than 7,600 stores in USA and it will be the first national pharmacy chain to ban cigarette sales. This will be a huge loss for the company as majority people walk-in to buy cigarettes but company don't aimed to sell those products. The company can profit more after becoming the biggest healthcare company in United States. CVS executive vice president Helena Foulkes also said, the company will also launch national smoking cessation program this spring in all of its stores to make awareness how smoking can be dangerous for health.
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