Feb 7th 2014, 18:19, by Adrianne Jeffries
Cigarettes have been sold in pharmacies for so long that we rarely contemplate the inherent contradiction: stocking the leading cause of preventable death next to prescriptions and vitamins. So when CVS announced its decision earlier this week to stop stocking tobacco products in order to establish itself as a committed health care provider, the news was on every front page. Immediately, competitor Walgreens flip-flopped on a statement it made last year about selling cigarettes and announced it was "evaluating" the possibility of dumping them.
But analysts say the announcement is a manifestation of an existing trend, rather than the sign of a new one. CVS’s decision to forfeit $2 billion in revenue will have little impact on the...
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