LATEST FIGURES FROM ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH ( ASH ) REVEAL THAT VAPING RATES AMONG 11 – 17 YEAR-OLDS HAVE RISEN FROM FOUR PERCENT IN 2020 TO SEVEN PERCENT IN 2022 . tests , both instore and online . Their data showed that one in four auditors being sold e-cigarettes without being asked for age verification or identification .
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stores . Consequently , we need to help retailers manage this problem by giving them the means to perform accurate age checks on customers trying to purchase vapes to identify those who are underage .
Inconsistent ID checks
Since January 2021 , Serve Legal have conducted over 22,000 e-cigarette purchase
LATEST FIGURES FROM ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH ( ASH ) REVEAL THAT VAPING RATES AMONG 11 – 17 YEAR-OLDS HAVE RISEN FROM FOUR PERCENT IN 2020 TO SEVEN PERCENT IN 2022 . tests , both instore and online . Their data showed that one in four auditors being sold e-cigarettes without being asked for age verification or identification .
Serve Legal reported : “ When looking at 2022 data , it is clear that supermarket retailers compliance with vaping , is falling lower than tobacco and cigarette compliance .”
Challenge 21 and Challenge 25 are part of a scheme in the United Kingdom to prevent young people gaining access to age restricted products such as vapes . Under the scheme , retailers should ask any customers attempting to buy age-restricted products to prove their age if they look under 21 or 25 , even though the minimum age in the UK is 18 . Legal action can be taken on any retailer who does not follow this scheme and the number of reported cases and fines are on the increase .
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