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CVS Quits Cigarettes, Adjusting To New Health Care Landscape

NPR
Published September 3, 2014 at 4:55 PM EDT

CVS has rebranded itself, changing its corporate name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health. On the very same day, the company has also fulfilled a promise it made earlier this year: No more cigarettes on its store shelves. For more on the decisions, Audie Cornish talks to Bruce Japsen, who covers health care business for Forbes.

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