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"We are well aware of the risk with this, but we leave it to customer choice
Walgreens President of Operations, Richard Ashworth, says, 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. Ashworth adds, Through ongoing training and certification for pharmacists and technicians, we also continue to help and support people looking to quit the use of tobacco in their lives. The new Tobacco 21 policy reinforces other recent steps the company has taken, including the implementation of a Card All policy chain-wide last October, which requires verification regardless of age on all tobacco sales in Walgreens stores
Walgreens did not detail tobacco sales figures in its most recent investor report
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
