Table 1. Tobacco Sales to Minors Among US Pharmacy Chains, 2012-2017.
| Pharmacy Chain | No. of Inspections/No. of Violations (Violation Rate %) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 (n = 2942) |
2013 (n = 3245) |
2014 (n = 3755) |
2015 (n = 4868) |
2016 (n = 4478) |
2017 (n = 4575) |
2012-2017 (N = 23 863) |
|
| Walgreens | 1121/96 (8.6) | 1239/97 (7.8) | 1764/177 (10.0) | 2901/336 (11.6) | 2825/300 (10.6) | 2737/290 (10.6) | 12 587/1296 (10.3) |
| CVSa | 1038/45 (4.3) | 1138/56 (4.9) | 928/70 (7.5) | 15/1 (6.7) | 2/0 | 5/0 | 3126/172 (5.5) |
| Rite Aid | 747/17 (2.3) | 822/16 (1.9) | 972/31 (3.2) | 1763/94 (5.3) | 1516/84 (5.5) | 1663/72 (4.3) | 7483/314 (4.2) |
| Other chains | 36/1 (2.8) | 46/2 (4.3) | 91/8 (8.8) | 189/21 (11.1) | 135/5 (3.7) | 170/14 (8.2) | 667/51 (7.6) |
a
Stopped selling tobacco products on September 3, 2014. US Food and Drug Administration inspections are dated with the decision date of the inspection, not the date the inspection took place; thus, some inspections were not decided until after the end of CVS tobacco sales.