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In 1988, having watched both my parents die slow, painful deaths from tobacco-induced cancer, I wrote a letter to Sam Walton at Walmart making the case why his stores should stop selling tobacco. I told him my mother had shopped at the Malvern Walmart weekly since it opened in the 1970s. His office sent back a polite letter saying Walmart sold what its customers wanted, including cigarettes.

NEW YORK—Walmart will no longer sell cigarettes in some of its stores though tobacco sales can be a ...

The state is the first to require such displays in large department stores.

Thailand targets medical tourism Share Thailand is attempting extremely hard to reboot tourism however so far it hasn’t quite worked, particularly with the recent rise in Covid-19 transmission. Some of you may remember my story on the lengthy 31 steps process to obtain a visa, and 90 days of pre-paid accommodation also required were a bit demotivating for some. Then it became a little creative with the Tinder partnership, and with few exceptions...