FOI request (FOIR-776533397)

Compliance with age-restricted sales of vaping products

Requested Tue 23 December 2025
Responded Tue 13 January 2026

Please provide the following data for the last three financial years (22/23, 23/24, 24/25).

1. The total number of test purchase operations carried out by your authority to assess compliance with age-restricted sales of vaping products in retail premises.

2. Of these test purchases, the number that resulted in a failure, where a vaping product was sold without appropriate age verification.

3. The number of financial penalties, fixed penalty notices, or fines issued to retailers for the illegal sale of vaping products to underage customers.

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Response

Information not held.

This area is dealt with by East Sussex County Council Trading Standards, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk