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Franklin, File) Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other tobacco products

While it took a little time to regroup from that sudden sales shock, Id argue that CVS tough tobacco call will yield many long-term benefits with health care partners and customers because of the greater credibility it brings to its corporate brand and reputation

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to introduce legislation that raises the minimum age to buy from 18 to 21 nationally

The agency filed complaints seeking No-Tobacco-Sale Orders (NTSO), barring certain retail locations from selling tobacco products for 30 days

The targeted outlets were a Walgreens store in Miami and a Circle K store in Charleston, South Carolina

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