Kicking the habit.

• Position: HEALTH - Selling of tobacco products by drugstores - Brief article

It never seemed to make sense: Many drugstores, which sell medicines and other products to keep us healthy, also sell cigarettes, which kill about half a million Americans every year. Now CVS, one of the biggest drugstore chains in the U.S., says it will stop selling tobacco products by October. The move will result in lost sales of about $2 billion annually, but the company says it's the right thing to do. Some cities, including San Francisco and Boston, don't allow pharmacies...