WASHINGTON: Walmart Inc said on Wednesday it will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21 across its U.S. stores starting July 1.
The retailer will also discontinue the sale of fruit-and dessert-flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems.In March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had put 15 national retailers, including Walmart, Kroger, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Family Dollar Stores, on notice for allegedly selling tobacco products to minors.The retailer said the FDA had conducted approximately 12,800 compliance checks involving minors at Walmart stores and Sam's Club locations around the country since 2010.
In 2018, the Walmart stores cleared 94 percent of the 2,400 FDA checks and Sam's Club passed 100 percent of its 15 checks."While we have implemented a robust compliance program, we are not satisfied with falling short of our companywide goal of 100 percent compliance," John Scudder, U.S. chief ethics and compliance officer, said in a letter to the FDA.
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