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Cigarette Sales

The Target discount chain has decided to stop selling tobacco products at its 714 stores...making Target the first major retailer to pull tobacco products from its shelves. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports store officials say they weren't making much money from tobacco products anyway. The development has some people wondering whether other major retailers might follow suit.

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