Illegal vapes with as much nicotine as 100 cigarettes sold to girl, 13, in Manchester, investigation reveals
A 13-year-old girl was able to purchase handfuls of illegal vapes containing as much nicotine as 100 cigarettes in the space of just one day.
Within a few hours, nearly half of the shops tested had sold the teenager a clutch of vapes containing as much of the highly addictive drug nicotine as is found in 100 cigarettes. There is also concern about the rise of illegal sized black market vapes, with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute warning that around one in three vape products on shelves break UK laws.
Two of the shops that sold our young teen a vape were Post Office franchises, including one which openly advertised Elux Legend 3500 vape bars – which are five times bigger than the legal limit – on pavement hoardings in the middle of Manchester’s busy Deansgate shopping street. When challenged, a shop worker later told us: “I’ve been told to say nothing. We don’t sell to under-18s. I’m shocked.”First a shop called Vaping Mart sold her another Elux Legend 3500 for £11.25. The manager later told us: “I am very shocked. Even with no nicotine ones, we refuse hundreds of times.”
Police were called and told about the illegal vapes for sale. One officer said he would pass the information to trading standards, adding that he had been on their raids and said “it is a problem we are aware of”. “The squad will have the powers to disrupt illicit supply, undertake test purchasing and testing of products, and will share knowledge and intelligence across the country.
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