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NO to Smokeless, Spitless Pouch Tobacco - It's the Kids

Sunday, March 23, 2008

January 6, 2008 - Wegmans, Rochester, NY, based Supermarket Chain Will NO Longer Sell Tobacco Products Starting February 10, 2008. Thank God for Danny Wegman.. Wegman's owns more than 70 stores in five states, most of them in western New York. The Wegman family says it still respects a person's right to smoke. And even though the company says cigarettes are very profitable, sales have been declining. Wegmans moved cigarettes from the checkout to behind the service counter years ago. A brief letter to employees from Danny and Coleen Wegman spelled out their decision. "We believe in a person's right to smoke. But we believe there are few of us who would introduce our children to smoking." Wegmans is also about helping consumers live healthier life.

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