The grocer said it will exit tobacco sales and is hosting cigarette buyback events to encourage customers to quit smoking.
Stop & Shop announced that it will stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products at its 360 stores.
"Our responsibility as a grocer goes far beyond our aisles, and we are committed to taking bold steps to help our associates, customers, and communities work towards better health outcomes," said Gordon Reid, Stop & Shop President.
At both events, the first 100 customers who bring in an unopened pack or carton of cigarettes to trade in will receive in exchange a Stop & Shop gift card, plus a bag filled with healthy snacks, mints, smoking cessation materials created in partnership with Stop & Shop's long term partners, the American Cancer Society, and its advocacy affiliate the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network , plus $10 off coupons for Nicorette provided by Haleon*.
"We are pleased to partner with Stop & Shop as they commit to ending the sales of all tobacco products in their stores," said Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. "This is a step in the right direction toward ending Big Tobacco's influence on kids, and we know even more can be done to reduce the toll of tobacco in our communities.
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