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In late 2014, Walgreens nemesis, CVS Health, decided to stop selling tobacco products at its stores (the change coincided with a name switch from CVS Caremark to CVS Health)

Approximately 400 Walgreens stores offer Healthcare Clinic or other provider retail clinic services.

And we really urge you to listen to that calling. But Walgreens says it has seen a seen in the last year a "low double digit percentage decrease in tobacco sales as we have taken a number of steps including lowering the visibility of these products in our stores." Meanwhile, Walgreens said Thursday it has had an increase in sales of its smoking cessation products

The US Food and Drug Administration had recently cracked down on Walgreens and other retailers for selling tobacco products to minors