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Rite Aid Corporation CEO Bryan Everett described the move as "an important step" to ensure that tobacco does not fall into the hands of children and teens

"We are well aware of the risk with this, but we leave it to customer choice

Weve seen positive results from other recent efforts to strengthen our policies related to tobacco sales, and believe this next step can be even more impactful to reduce its use among teens and young adults, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens president of operations, said in a statement

Walgreens stores will no longer sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 starting September 1, the Walgreens Boots Alliance announced Tuesday

The drugstore chain is also lowering the visibility of tobacco products in certain stores

and will have more should it succeed in acquiring the competing Rite Aid chain only adds butane to the smoking crisis