CVS discontinued tobacco sales—a $2 billion item—to curry favor (IMHO) with the government, their biggest customer on the pharmacy benefits side of the business.
Now Walgreens is going them one better in the PC department—at least with this administration in charge. Maybe a little homo friendliness will grease the skids of approval for the temporarily stalled inversion they had contemplated with Alliance Boots.
Walgreens is overpriced anyway. I only went there for convenience or for movie candy. I won’t miss them at all.