Attorneys general call on top U.S. retailers to drop tobacco products

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Attorneys general call on top U.S. retailers to drop tobacco products

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/attorneys-general-call-top-u-retailers-drop-tobacco-135300334--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/orMbsqTG24IQfbbbNVMW6g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-17T161525Z_1_CBREA2G195S00_RTROPTP_2_CVSCAREMARK-CIGARETTES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Shelves full of cigarettes are pictured at a CVS store in the Manhattan borough of New York" align="left" title="Shelves full of cigarettes are pictured at a CVS store in the Manhattan borough of New York" border="0" /></a>A group of 28 U.S. attorneys general is urging chief executive officers of five major retailers, including Walmart, to stop selling tobacco products, saying it is contradictory to carry such items in stores that also provide health care services. The companies receiving a letter on Sunday from the group were Wal-Mart Stores Inc, supermarket operators Kroger Co, Safeway Inc, which operate pharmacies, and drugstore chains Walgreen Co and Rite Aid Corp. &quot;Pharmacies and drug stores, which increasingly market themselves as a source for community health care, send a mixed message by continuing to sell deadly tobacco products,&quot; New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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