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The markets in which cigarettes are being removed from stores include California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico, the report https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-stops-selling-cigarettes-in-some-stores-11648459800?mod=latest_headlines said, citing people familiar with the matter and store visits.
The retailer has rolled out a design with more self-checkout registers and other items such as grab-and-go food or candy near the front of the stores in place of Marlboro, Newport and other tobacco products, according to the report.
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
CVS in 2014 became the first U.S. drugstore chain to take cigarettes off the shelves, while Walmart decided https://reut.rs/3Nuellp a few years later to halt sales of e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery products at its U.S. stores due to growing regulatory complexity and uncertainty.
Several Democratic U.S. senators have also urged Walmart and a few other retailers to stop selling all tobacco products.
