Kathleen Sebelius applauds CVS decision to stop selling cigarettes

By Charlie Spiering

Published February 5, 2014 5:00am ET

Kathleen Sebelius applauds CVS decision to stop selling cigarettes — In this Wednesday, July 17, 2013 file photo, Marlboro cigarettes are on display in a CVS store in Pittsburgh. The nation's second-largest drugstore chain says it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1 as it continues to focus more on health care. The move will cost the Woonsocket, R.I., company about $2 billion in annual revenue. (AP File) | Gene J. Puskar

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius applauded CVS this morning for deciding not to sell cigarettes at their stores.

“Today’s CVS Caremark announcement helps bring our country closer to achieving a tobacco-free generation,” Sebelius said in a statement. “I hope others will follow their lead in this important new step to curtail tobacco use.”

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