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Underage Sales

Children and teenagers who use and abuse age-restricted products risk the following:

  no_bullet Long term health problems, serious injury or even death resulting from tobacco,
solvent abuse and fireworks.
 
 
  no_bullet Being drawn into criminal or anti-social behaviour resulting from alcohol, solvent
abuse and gambling.
 
 
  no_bullet Educational under-achievement resulting from alcohol and solvent abuse.  
 

 
Test Purchasing

How we operate

The only effective way to enforce legislation which outlaws illegal sales of age-restricted products to children is with the help of young people.

Can you help us?

Local youngsters can volunteer to work with Trading Standards Officers by making test purchases of cigarettes, videos and alcohol.

This work is strictly supervised by our staff, with the welfare of the young people taking part as our top priority. Everybody who has taken part in this activity in the past seems to enjoy their time with us.

If you are aged between 12 and 16 and would like to take part in this activity at the weekend, after school or during the holidays then please contact Mark Gardiner.

Remember, you will be accompanied and supervised at all times and we follow strict safety guidelines.
 


 
 

  

    

 -----  Gloucestershire County Council, Trading Standards, Hillfield House, Denmark Road, Gloucester GL1 3LD
Telephone: (01452) 426201 - Fax: (01452) 426274 - Electronic Mail: tradstds@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

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