Walmart is pulling cigarettes from select stores, including some in California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico, according to a Wall Street Journal report and confirmed by the company.
The move comes after “years of debate” among Walmart leaders, according to the Journal’s report, which noted that CEO Doug McMillon “challenged other executives to find a way to stop selling tobacco, without demanding that the company do so.”
In an emailed statement, a Walmart spokesperson said that “a result of our ongoing focus on the tobacco category, we have made the business decision to discontinue the sale of tobacco in select stores.”
Source: Retail Dive
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