ACS Calls on Drug Stores to Stop Tobacco Sales 2

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When CVS made the decision to forego tobacco sales, the estimated $2 billion in annual revenues it gave up amounts to more than twice the amount of money ACS collects in a year (The Cancer Letter, Feb. 7). However, ACS positions itself as the vanguard of tobacco control, and critics say that close association with a retailer that profits from tobacco undermines the society’s own goals and harms its brand.

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