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Running out of salt, running out of sand. running low on these issues. up next, smoke signals. the president and the first lady are already both applauding cvs's startling decision to stop selling cigarettes. we're going to take a "deep dive" into one of the biggest developments in decades in the anti-smoking campaign. meanwhile, sealing their fate once again, the republicans' inability to unite around a plan is probably going to cost them again. this time, it's the divide they have over the debt. you're watchi ining "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. bonus c. rock beats scissors! [ chuckl...

Pharmacy, don't sell anything unhealthy, harmful, alcohol and sugar would be the next two, no? >> well, you know, food is different from tobacco. tobacco is the only product that when used as designed, kills you, or causes erectile dysfunction, or causes lung cancer at greater rates, even though people are smoking less, because of the 70 carcinogens that are in smoke. >> right. >> you know, tobacco really is a whole different thing. and clearly to get the number-one killer of americans, you know, out of pharmacies and, you know, if we could, out of society altogether, it would be better. >> yo...

Apithetical to helping people with their health care needs. >> reporter: it comes as the company transitions into a health care company, focusing on pharmacy services and minute clinics. the other big question, will other retailers feel pressured to ban tobacco? >> we're not talking about drugstores, but we're talking about some of the big-box retailers who also have pharmacies, as well. >> reporter: for years, pressure has been building on pharmacies to stop selling tobacco, from the american pharmacists, heart, medical lung associations, and the cancer society. the cvs announcement coming ju...

Actually down compared to recent years according to the cdc. it's been in steady decline for the past 50 years. now down to 19% of american adults. that number adds up to nearly 44 million smokers. but the newest anti-smoking push isn't directed at them. it's directed at kids. many say they started when they were 18 or younger. that's the backdrop for the fda's first national public education campaign specifically targeting teenage smokers. well, rose marie robertson is the chief science officer for the american heart association. she joins me now. good morning to you. >> pleased to be here. >...

That passed ordinances that banned, i guess, pharmacy stores from selling -- >> right. boston, san francisco. >> -- are you still going to continue that campaign? >> well, i think since cvs is the only pharmacy to step up and say that it's going to do this at this point, you know, we have to continue that campaign. we think it's very important that we help those cities that haven't yet done that figure out how to do it. >> all right. >> and many of them are thinking about it. >> we'll leave it today. this is the tipping point, i think, in stigmatize -- fully stigmatizing cigarette culture in w...