Walmart Has Decided To Stop Selling E-Cigarettes
SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 03: Customers enter a Walmart store on September 03, 2019 in San Leandro, California. Walmart, America's largest retailer, announced that it will reduce the sales of gun ammunition that can be used in handguns and assault style rifles, including .223 caliber and 5.56 caliber bullets. The move comes one month after a gunman opened fire on customers at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
According to an internal memo, the company will “discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products” after its current stock is sold.
This week, the CDC reported 530 vaping illnesses in the U.S. so far in 2019, including seven deaths. New York and Michigan have already announced bans and the federal government is considering it.
Riddle me this. Why is @Walmart banning e cigarettes/vapes after a few unfortunate deaths. But MILLIONs have died from cigarettes and alcohol, but they’re okay?? pic.twitter.com/YgWabk8bs1
— J. (@crunchy0ats) September 20, 2019
Do you think other retailers will follow in Walmart’s footsteps? Should they?
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