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North Lanarkshire TS seeks banning orders for shops that flouted underage sales laws
Posted 13 November 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Vapes|Scotland
UPDATES: North Lanarkshire Trading Standards has warned retailers after test purchases revealed repeated illegal sales of cigarettes and vapes to under-18s, prompting fixed penalties, proposed banning orders and further enforcement visits.
North Lanarkshire Council Trading Standards has been clamping down on underage sales in its local community, with a recent series of test purchases revealing a failure rate of 24%.
Officers assisted by young volunteers carried out 42 test purchases of age-restricted products, resulting in three sales of cigarettes and seven sales of vaping products to people under the legal age of 18.
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