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CVS lowers price on tampons, other menstrual products, pays 'pink tax' in 12 states

Headline from FOX 4 Dallas, on the newest of 2 developments

CVS is reducing prices by 25% on CVS Health and Live Better brand period products, including tampons, menstrual pads, liners, and cups, the chain said.

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  1. CVS drops prices on its tampons and will pay the 'pink tax'

    Headline from KVOA Tucson ·

  2. Newest

    CVS lowers price on tampons, other menstrual products, pays 'pink tax' in 12 states

    Headline from FOX 4 Dallas ·

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23 articles, oldest first.

  1. KVOA Tucson

    CVS drops prices on its tampons and will pay the 'pink tax' (opens KVOA Tucson)

    Published

    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    CVS will reduce prices on its store-branded menstrual products nationwide and pay the sales taxes on those products in a dozen states.

  2. CBS News

    CVS cuts cost of menstrual products in 12 states with "tampon tax" (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Consumption taxes on tampons and other menstrual products limits access to goods basic to female dignity, U.N. says.

  3. FOX 4 Dallas

    CVS lowers price on tampons, other menstrual products, pays 'pink tax' in 12 states (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

    Published

    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    CVS is reducing prices by 25% on CVS Health and Live Better brand period products, including tampons, menstrual pads, liners, and cups, the chain said.

  4. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    CVS Counters Texas ‘Tampon Tax' with Discounts on Feminine Products (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

    Published

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    CVS Health will reduce the cost of its branded menstrual products by 25% in Texas to offset a state tax on feminine products.

  5. MedicalXpress

    CVS will lower price of menstrual products in many states with 'tampon tax' (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    CVS Health announced Wednesday that it will lower the prices of its brand of menstrual products by 25% in 12 states that tax tampons, pads and similar items.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.