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Further advice on age restricted products

There are strict laws prohibiting the sale of certain items to under-age youngsters. But independent surveys and regular swoops by trading standards officers have shown that a worrying number of children below the legal age are finding it easy to buy products like cigarettes, alcohol, adult videos, solvents, fireworks, and lottery tickets from shops and off-licences.

We take the issue of sales of age restricted products to children very seriously.