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# CVS Changes Name To CVS Health

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## Video: CVS Changes Name To CVS Health

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_Published 2014-09-03. CVS had already said it would stop selling tobacco products this year, but Wednesday’s name change announcement came with the revelation the company rid its shelves of all tobacco products nearly a month earlier than anticipated._


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## Transcript

The first three letters will stay the same but CVS announced a name change it hopes customers will see as a major shift for the better. The wish we wish above all, for ourselves and the ones we love is health. So we quit selling cigarettes in our CVS pharmacy. CVS Health unveiled it's new name Wednesday morning, it had already announced in February it eventually planned to stop selling tobacco products, giving up about 2 billion dollars in annual sales, but the name change announcement came with the revelation CVS managed to get cigarettes and other tobacco products. Off the shelves nearly a month before its October 1st target date.

CEO Larry Merlo appeared on CNBC, not long after Wednesday's opening bell, with a fairly predictable set of talking points. We're very proud of the decision that we made. Somebody had to be first. To make that decision and, you know, we're are proud to say that, you know, we were the first, in the interest of our customer, our patients. CVS Health plans to use that space behind the counter for stop smoking products and ads showcasing it stopped selling tobacco. Interestingly, the company does not plan to sell e- cigarettes, because as Merlo told the Wall Street Journal, we don't think it's consistent with everything we've talked about

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