walgreens on tobacco road Preps for Chain-Wide 21 Policy Small format Walgreens in Mt.

Since CVS began rivaling Walgreens in terms of store count in the 2000s, the two have become synonymous with the drug-store format, typically running competing locations mere blocks from each other in most metropolitan markets

Well, theres no time like the present to do the right thing

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

Meanwhile, longtime critics of Walgreens tobacco stance say the risk of such sales continue to outweigh any benefits

Collectively, it adds up to billions in sales