A group of 28 state attorneys general are calling on Wal-Mart and other retailers to follow the lead of CVS Caremark and stop selling tobacco products in their stores with pharmacies — a move Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley backs but has not yet signed.
The group's letters to Wal-Mart, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Kroger and Safeway said there is a "contradiction in having these dangerous and devastating tobacco products on the shelves of a retail chain that services health care needs."
"The availability of such products in a retail store that also serves as a pharmacy normalizes tobacco use," the letters stated.
Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS said in February that it would stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its 7,600-plus stores by Oct. 1 — the first national drugstore chain to make the pledge.
Coakley didn't join her New England counterparts in signing the letters because her office didn't have the opportunity to fully review them before the deadline, said spokesman Christopher Loh, though he added, "We commended CVS Caremark for removing all tobacco products from its shelves, and we support this letter in urging these fellow retailers to voluntarily do the same."
Wal-Mart and Walgreens said they are reviewing the letters.
"We are always evaluating options and programs for our stores and our customers," Rite Aid spokeswoman Ashley Flower said.
Kroger and Safeway do not operate stores in Massachusetts.
U.S. cigarette sales totaled $91.5 billion last year, according to Euromonitor International.
The letters from the attorneys general did not mention electronic cigarettes, which contain nicotine liquid that creates an inhalable vapor when heated. E-cigarettes generated sales of nearly $2 billion last year and are sold by Wal-Mart, Walgreen, Kroger and Rite Aid.
Herald wire services contributed to this report.
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