walgreens on tobacco road Preps for Chain-Wide 21 Policy WALGREENS - Updated July 2026

Collectively, it adds up to billions in sales

Walgreens rival CVS Health quit selling tobacco several years ago.

Walgreens, Rite Aid raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 21 Walgreens has risen the minimum age to buy tobacco to 21 years old after it received criticism from the FDA earlier this year for selling tobacco products to minors

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That sort of gives another meaning to being at the corner of happy and healthy, as the Walgreens ad slogan goes

Pick up a $14 pack of smokes and then throw in a six-pack of beer, food, gum or maybe a package of Tic Tac mints to sweeten up sour smokers breath