🚬 A popular grocery chain will permanently stop selling tobacco products
🚬 The goal is to help customers and employees make better health decisions
🚬 The sale of all tobacco products ends on August 31
Effective August 31, Stop & Shop will stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products in its 360 stores.
The grocery chain announced that as part of its commitment to the community, it would stop selling all tobacco products in its stores in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Stop & Shop will run cigarette buyback campaigns to encourage customers to quit smoking.
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“Our responsibility as a grocer extends far beyond our shelves, and we are committed to taking bold steps to help our associates, customers and communities work toward better health outcomes,” said Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop.
In addition to removing all tobacco products from its shelves, Stop & Shop is also conducting two cigarette buyback campaigns on August 28 in stores with higher rates of smoking and higher rates of smoking-related health problems.
At these events, the first 100 customers to bring in an unopened pack or carton of cigarettes for exchange will receive a Stop & Shop gift card in exchange, as well as a bag of healthy snacks, mints, smoking cessation materials, and a $10 discount coupon for one of these smoking cessation products.
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While these two buyback events are not in New Jersey, the closest one is at 1351 Forest Avenue in Staten Island, New York, a short drive across the bridge.
“We are excited to partner with Stop & Shop as they commit to ending the sale of all tobacco products in their stores. This is a step in the right direction to end the influence of big tobacco companies on children, and we know more can be done to reduce the burden of tobacco in our communities,” said Dr. Karen Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
Stop & Shop now joins CVS, Walmart, Wegmans and Target in no longer selling tobacco products.
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