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The unique market dynamics of tobacco and vape products contribute to robust profitability and rapid payback periods

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to investigate a surge of vaping-related illnesses reported across the United States

But the warehouse operator has drastically reduced the number of locations that sell cigarettes and products of that ilk in the last few years because of slowing demand rather than any philosophical stand Costco wanted to take

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