Via Politico:
A powerful group of Democrats is challenging Wal-Mart to be the next store to quit the tobacco industry.
In a letter to Wal-Mart chief Doug McMillon released Friday afternoon, seven Senate Democrats urged the country’s largest retailer to follow in the footsteps of CVS and renounce tobacco sales to improve public health.
“We write to urge Walmart, as the number one retailer of cigarettes in the country, to stop selling tobacco products in all of its stores,” the senators said. “We recognize the legality of selling and profiting from tobacco products; however, Walmart’s position as the nation’s largest retailer of any kind puts your company in a unique position to contribute to the health and well-being of all Americans.”