Walgreens to hike minimum age for store tobacco sales

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Walgreens to hike minimum age for store tobacco sales

By The Associated Press      Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal official chastised the drugstore chain for violating laws restricting access to cigarettes and other products.      Walgreens 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. That policy starts Sept. 1.      Former Food and ...

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