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In an essay published in February in the Journal of the American Medical Association with Steven Schroeder, director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, CVS' Chief Medical Officer Troyen Brennan said reducing cigarette availability is another step toward taking tobacco use out of the mainstream and making it less socially acceptable

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Members of the pharmacy benefit management plan will be able to access comprehensive programs to help themselves stop smoking

At the same time, I think they understand the paradox that we face as an organization, and they understand the rationale for the decision. On whether CVS would extend its ban to other products known to be unhealthy candy, potato chips or alcohol, for instance Merlo told reporters those items, in moderation, do not have the same adverse effects as the use of tobacco