 SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is pushing a plan to ban the sale of tobacco at drug stores.
Newsom says pharmacies are in the business of healthy living and should not be selling cigarettes, cigars or any other tobacco product. He will pitch the idea to the Board of Supervisors this week.
Most small independent stores don't sell tobacco, but big chains such as Walgreens and Rite Aid do. Grocery stores with in-house pharmacies would not be affected by the proposed ban, according to Newsom.
The tobacco industry opposes the ban. Phillip Morris, for one, says retailers, not government, should make decisions on what they sell.
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KCBS' Barbara Taylor reports
