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Walgreens Boots Chief Executive Stefano Pessina said that the reason the pharmacy chain isn't giving up selling cigarettes in all its stores is that "when we don't sell tobacco, we have a lot of (negative) reactions," in an interview with the Wall Street Journal

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Studies have shown cities that have enacted Tobacco 21 laws have seen a sharp decline in tobacco use among young adults 18-20 years old

After decades of selling cigarettes and other tobacco-based products, the drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance should screw up some corporate courage and finally kick the habit