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CVS to Cut Tobacco Products From All Pharmacy Locations In a bold yet intuitive move for a pharmacy, CVS Caremark announced Wednesday that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 stores across the US by October 1, 2014
In a report issued Friday morning, the FDA said it plans to begin a public dialogue about lowering nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes to non-addictive levels. Because almost 90% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of 18 and nearly 2,500 youth smoke their first cigarette every day in the U.S., lowering nicotine levels could decrease the likelihood that future generations become addicted to cigarettes and allow more currently addicted smokers to quit, the agency wrote
Hygiene Maintenance: Tar will no longer stick directly to the lips, teeth, or fingers, helping to maintain maximum personal hygiene
Additionally, the risk of lung cancer is greatly increased by smoking [15, 16]