Rite Aid will raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 within the next 90 days, the company announced Tuesday. div > div.
Rite Aid will raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 within the next 90 days, the company announced Tuesday.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> "Raising the age for purchasing tobacco products is an important step in our efforts to ensure that these products do not fall into the hands of children and teens," Rite Aid Chief Operating Officer Bryan Everett said in a statement. Rival drugstore chain Walgreens also said Tuesday it would raise the age requirement to buy tobacco products. The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year put Walgreens"on notice" for allegedly selling the products to minors.
Rite Aid earlier this month said it would stop selling e-cigarettes, citing federal data showing a surge in high school students using the devices.
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