cvs health stops selling tobacco NEW: Free RI Applauds for Decision to… CVS profit beats estimates in

Retail pharmacies make up about 4 percent of tobacco sales in the U.S

its leading pharmacy benefit manager serving more than 60 million plan members

health care system that interacts ever more closely with patients, giving flu shots, reminding them when they are not filling prescriptions, and, through its 800 Minute Clinic in-store nurse practitioner stations, prescribing medicines

As a physician who has worked for decades at the intersection of clinical medicine and public health, I was elated by the CVS decision

Experts said the decline in smoking has plateaued

We know it can kill us: Why people still smoke Helping people qui t The company also announced Wednesday it plans to launch a national smoking-cessation program in the spring