San Francisco recently passed a city-wide ordinance that bans the sale of all tobacco-based products in pharmacies, such as Walgreens. The ban, scheduled to take effect October 1, has stirred up a fire at the nationwide pharmacy chain, Walgreens leading officials to ask for an injunction against the ban.
Walgreens’ objection is that stores other than drugstores can continue to sell tobacco products, even when they contain a pharmacy as a feature of business, as many supermarkets and wholesale-club stores do. Walgreens claims the ban is unconstitutional and anticompetitive. More... Nutty News - Cigarettes America Front Page News
Walgreens’ objection is that stores other than drugstores can continue to sell tobacco products, even when they contain a pharmacy as a feature of business, as many supermarkets and wholesale-club stores do. Walgreens claims the ban is unconstitutional and anticompetitive. More... Nutty News - Cigarettes America Front Page News
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