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Stop & Shop To Stop Selling All Tobacco Products

August 27, 2024

Stop & Shop announced it will stop selling tobacco products, including cigarettes, at its 360 stores at the end of this month.

The Quincy-based grocery store chain made the announcement on Monday, August 26.

“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, president of Stop & Shop, in a press release from the company. “From our team of registered dietitians that serve our customers at no cost to our trained and trusted pharmacy associates, Stop & Shop aims to support the health and well-being of the neighborhoods we serve – and this exit from tobacco is one more way we’re accomplishing that goal.”

Stop & Shop, which is owned by a Dutch supermarket company currently called Ahold Delhaize, has stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.

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