Most US adults believe pharmacies shouldn’t sell tobacco
Surprise: half of cigarette smokers agree
Two-thirds of American adults believe pharmacies should not be allowed to sell tobacco, while 14 percent strongly oppose such a policy, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers also found nearly half of cigarette smokers, as well as nearly half of tobacco users who don’t smoke cigarettes, support such a policy.
“People look to pharmacies to improve and support their health,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “Selling tobacco products, the leading preventable cause of death and disease, goes against the important and growing role pharmacies play in Americans’ well-being.”