From: CNBC
- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he’s putting pharmacy chain Walgreens “on notice” for allegedly selling tobacco products to minors.
- Walgreens is currently the top violator among pharmacies that sell tobacco products, the FDA said, with 22 percent of the stores the agency has inspected being found illegally selling tobacco products to minors.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he’s putting pharmacy chain Walgreens “on notice” for allegedly selling tobacco products to minors.
The agency has already filed formal complaints seeking to block a Walgreens’ location in Miami and a Circle K Store in Charleston, South Carolina, from selling cigarettes or cigars to minors for 30 days, citing “repeated violations.”
