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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Walmart will no longer sell cigarettes in some of its stores although tobacco sales can be a significant revenue generator. Wall Street Journal was the first to report the development Monday.<\/p>\n

It noted some stores in California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico were on the list, citing anonymous sources and store visits. Walmart is not the first national retail chain to cut off cigarette sales even on a trial basis, but it is the largest.<\/p>\n

Target ended cigarette sales in 1996 and the chemist chain CVS Health did the same in 2014. CVS Health sales in areas outside the pharmacy fell for a few quarters after it pulled tobacco products, and the company had predicted that missing tobacco products would hurt annual earnings by seven to eight cents per share.<\/p>\n

Overall revenue has grown every year at CVS, however, after a number of acquisitions and changes to its stores bolstered the company\u2019s healthcare offerings. CVS Health bought the health insurer Aetna in 2017.<\/p>\n

Decisions about removing cigarettes at Walmart will be made on a store-by-store basis according to the business and particular market, the company said Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are always looking at ways to meet our customers\u2019 needs while still operating an efficient business,\u201d Walmart said in a prepared statement. Health officials say that cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.<\/p>\n

Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, announced in 2019 that it was getting out of the vaping business and would stop selling electronic cigarettes at its stores and also at Sam\u2019s Clubs. It said at the time the decision was based on \u201cgrowing federal, state and local regulatory complexity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mauritius. Walmart will no longer sell cigarettes in some of its stores although tobacco sales can be a significant revenue generator. Wall Street Journal was the first to report the development Monday. It noted some stores in California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico were on the list, citing anonymous sources and store visits. 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