cvs health stops selling tobacco Here's why stopped cigarettes today CVS Caremark plans to stop

We congratulate CVS Health and thank them for taking the Quit Big Tobacco pledge. Five years ago we quit selling all tobacco products and made a commitment to help people lead tobacco-free lives, including investing in youth tobacco prevention programs in order to support the first tobacco-free generation, said Norman de Greve, Chief Marketing Officer for CVS Health

Wells Fargo said it believes the CVS move will have "no impact" on tobacco companies because smokers will still buy cigarettes elsewhere

CVS said that when approaching doctors and hospital groups as part of its expansion, it found tobacco was a major liability

As we continue to learn more about the health ravages of using combustible tobacco, as rates of smoking decline, and as smoking becomes more and more a marginalized behavior, it will become increasingly difficult for those who purport to be in the health business to simultaneously sell one of the most deadly products