The decision by CVS to stop selling cigarettes may have contributed to a drop in the number of smokers overall.
A new study shows smokers who bought their cigarettes exclusively at CVS stores were 38-percent less likely to buy tobacco after the chain stopping selling them two years ago.
The study also found cigarette sales dropped one-percent-- or by 95-million packs--- in 13 states in the eight months after CVS left the tobacco market.
CVS health's chief medical officer, who was one of the study's authors, was happy with the findings.
"We think that this research definitely shows that if pharmacies didn't sell cigarettes, fewer people would smoke, more people would live longer, and fewer people would die," said Dr. Troyen Brennan.
