Add Walgreens to the growing list of retailers that have decided to stop selling e-cigarettes, amid state and federal investigations into illnesses surrounding the devices.
The Deerfield, Ill.-based pharmacy chain announced Monday that it will remove e-cigarette products from its more than 9,500 stores nationwide as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and others look into the devices, Walgreens said in a statement.
A Walgreens spokesman declined to offer a specific time frame for removing the products from stores. The decision also follows “developing regulations in a growing number of states and municipalities,” Walgreens said in the statement.
