Gloucestershire Trading Standards - Underage Sales


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Underage Sales Children and teenagers who use and abuse age-restricted products risk the following:
		Long term health problems, serious injury or even death resulting from tobacco, solvent abuse and fireworks.
		Being drawn into criminal or anti-social behaviour resulting from alcohol, solvent abuse and gambling.
		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 Copyright © Gloucestershire 1999 About Us . For Consumers · For Businesses . For Schools & Colleges . News . Contacting Us . A - Z Guide . GCC · Labelled with ICRA This page was last edited on 04/10/06

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