Walmart to Discontinue Tobacco Sales in Select US Stores

Walmart to Discontinue Tobacco Sales in Select US Stores
Customers enter a Walmart store in American Canyon, California on Nov. 16, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Walmart will stop selling cigarettes across select stores in the United States, the retail giant confirmed on Monday, citing a “business decision.”

“We are always looking at ways to meet our customers’ needs while still operating an efficient business,” Walmart said in a statement to The Epoch Times. “As a result of our ongoing focus on the tobacco category, we have made the business decision to discontinue the sale of tobacco in select stores.”

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