CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early

By Tom Murphy

Published September 3, 2014 6:21pm ET

CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early — An inflatable cigarette is displayed to announce the drug store CVS' decision to stop selling cigarettes at its stores on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, in New York. CVS announced Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 that it will tweak its corporate name. Rhode Island-based CVS Caremark will now be known as CVS Health, and stores will stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned. The cigars and cigarettes that used to fill the shelves behind store cash registers have been replaced with nicotine gum and other products that help people kick the tobacco habit. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) | Seth Wenig

As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned.

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