Illegal and Underage Vape Sales

Published: 23 February 2023

Trading Standards teams across England and Wales reported a significant rise in underage vape sales last year. Over the last year Derby City Trading Standards has seized over 34,000 illegal vapes in Derby alone. We also know that children and young people could become regular users of vapes, with products being marketed with child-friendly flavours, colours and packaging emulating popular confectionary brands like Fruit Shoots and Skittles. Trading Standards nationally are working with the police and other agencies to tackle counterfeit and illegal vape products alongside underage sales.

If you wish to share any information with Derby City Trading Standards in relation to illegal vapes, underage sales (including tobacco) in the city then please contact us by email - CCT@derby.gov.uk

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