walgreens on tobacco road 2493 Rd, Hephzibah, GA 30815 Walgreens raises minimum tobacco sales

The drugstore chain said Tuesday that it will require customers to be at least 21 years old to purchase tobacco in any of its more than 9,500 stores nationwide

"Today, every Walgreens pharmacist and technician has been trained and certified on supporting a patients attempt to quit on their terms," Walgreens said in a statement to USA TODAY

After decades of selling cigarettes and other tobacco-based products, the drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance should screw up some corporate courage and finally kick the habit

As a healthcare company, you have a higher calling, one shareholder representative, Cathy Rowan of Trinity Health, told Walgreens executive chairman Jim Skinner at the companys annual shareholders meeting last month in New York

CVS outpaced Walgreens by about 20% with 9,665 retail stores, including pharmacies in Target stores in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, its website said