walgreens on tobacco road Preps for Chain-Wide 21 Policy Walgreens to hike minimum age

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

FDA head Scott Gottlieb wants to meet with Walgreens to address "their record of violative tobacco sales to youth. In a statement Thursday, Gottlieb said said he will be "writing the corporate management of Walgreens and requesting a meeting with them to discuss whether there is a corporate-wide issue related to their stores non-compliance." The FDAs warning to Walgreens comes as the giant retailer pushes further into the business of healthcare, partnering with health insurers, doctors, urgent care centers and adding lab-testing inside its stores

Collectively, it adds up to billions in sales

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

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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