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(Memphis) People who shop at Dollar General stores will soon be able to buy their cigarettes there too.

The discount retail store will start selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in the majority of its 10,000 U.S. stores by the middle of 2012.

Officials with Dollar General say they made the decision to sell tobacco products due to customer demand.