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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Maryland, 27 Other States Ask Major Retailers To Stop Selling Tobacco

A group of 28 U.S. attorneys general -- including Maryland's Douglas Gansler -- is urging chief executive officers of five major retailers, including Walmart, to stop selling tobacco products, saying it is contradictory to carry such items in stores that also provide health care services.

The companies receiving a letter on Sunday from the group were Wal-Mart Stores Inc., supermarket operators Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., which operate pharmacies, and drugstore chains Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corp.

“Pharmacies and drug stores, which increasingly market themselves as a source for community health care, send a mixed message by continuing to sell deadly tobacco products,” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement on Monday.
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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess next will be stop selling cars!

Anonymous said...

If that does'nt define nanny state I dont know what does.

Anonymous said...

I would stop selling if they could give me three ways of making up the lost revenue.

Anonymous said...

Oh please! More than 99% of the crap they call food sold in these places are way more harmful than cigarettes. I am so sick of these hypocrites. I am not a smoker but used to get a kick out of these so called "concerned parents" who didn't want their child breathing smoke while in a restaurant. In the meantime they are shoving "food" laced w/all kinds of chemicals down the throats of these children they profess to care about. This country has become so stupefied it's pathetic.

Jack K Richards said...

Boy, can you imagine the upswing in black market sales!!

Anonymous said...

So, where will the NEW tax money come from that replaces tobacco?

Anonymous said...

I think it's called the driving tax based on how many miles you drive.

Anonymous said...

You know why Maryland needs those stores shelves to display and sell Maylands new tobacco - marijuana

Anonymous said...

I guess when Maryland outlaws booze then people will start fighting back. But, soon I'll be able to smoke a joint in the VFW. This State is a joke because of dumbed down Democrats.

Anonymous said...

WE ARE BECOMING MUSLIM COMPLIANT WAKE UP PEOPLE.