Jump to full article: Brigham Young University Newsnet (BYU), 2008-03-03
Author: Lauren Shaw
Intro: It all started with a simple question.
Paul Ream's 9-year-old daughter returned home one day last fall after participating in her school's DARE program. She learned both alcohol and tobacco were classified as drugs, and she wondered about the presence of alcohol and tobacco products sitting on the family's grocery store shelves. This knowledge prompted her to ask her father: "Why do you sell drugs?"
When Ream was faced with his daughter's inquiry, he knew something had to be done; that "something" involved pulling all alcohol and tobacco products from the store's shelves and inventory in September 2007.
Six months later, the store continues to be recognized for Ream's choice. . . .
Day's Market, another local grocery store, has also pulled tobacco and alcohol products from its shelves. But this trend has not been merely a Utah phenomenon. A grocery chain in New York is following suit.
"It's a nationwide movement," Plewe said.
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