independent.co.uk - 6 de Febrero 2014 - EEUU

US store CVS sets precedent by ending sale of tobacco products

The US shop CVS will stop selling tobacco products at its 7,600 stores by next autumn, the company said on Wednesday, making it the first national drugstore chain in the US to take cigarettes off the shelves.

Public health experts hailed the decision by the drugstore as a step that could see other retailers to follow suit.

Some US cities, including Boston and San Francisco, already ban the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies, and nonsmoking advocates hope other chains will follow CVS.

Only 18 percent of US adults smoke, down sharply from 43 percent in 1965. But the habit still kills 480,000 Americans each year, remaining the leading cause of preventable death in the country.

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crainsnewyork.com - 29 de Enero de 2014 - EEUU

Tobacco companies challenge city's coupon ban

Tobacco companies and three trade groups representing cigarette retailers asked a federal court on Thursday to block a new law designed to keep tobacco prices sky high in New York City.

The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, challenges a city ordinance passed last fall that set a minimum price of $10.50 for every pack of cigarettes sold in the city, and prohibited the use of coupons or other promotional discounts to lower that price. The coupon ban also applies to other forms of tobacco.

Tobacco manufacturers and sellers say those restrictions on discounts are an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.

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http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140130/POLITICS/140139983/tobacco-companies-challenge-citys-coupon-ban