Jessica Miller | December 8, 2011
Funding of £400,000 will enable the fight against illegal alcohol and tobacco trading in Liverpool to continue. A special unit was set up by the city council’s Trading Standards department to deal with the problem of counterfeit cigarettes and alcohol sales to underage drinkers.
Category: Cigarette Business, Illegal Tobacco |
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Jessica Miller | September 12, 2011
Cocaine is a bitter, addictive pain blocker that is extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, also known as the coca scrub, a plant that comes from the Andean highlands in South America. Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant of natural origin. The name of “cocaine” came from the plant “coca”.
Category: Illegal Tobacco |
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Jessica Miller | August 8, 2011
Health experts are hitting the road to drive home the message about the dangers of illegal tobacco. An eye-catching bus is touring Prescot, and other areas of Knowsley, to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking illegal tobacco. The initiative also gives teenagers a sneak peek into the future by showing them what they could look like if they don’t kick the habit. It’s all part of Knowsley Council’s campaign to tackle the problems caused by illegal tobacco, such as encouraging children to start smoking Glamour cigarettes, funding crime in the community and killing thousands of people each year.
Category: Illegal Tobacco, Smoking cigarettes |
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Tags: glamour cigarettes, illegal tobacco
Jessica Miller | March 24, 2011
A New Brunswick woman has been fined $55,369 after pleading guilty to possession of contraband tobacco. Lise Gauvin, 53, of Bas-Caraquet pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a December 2010 seizure of more than 104,000 illegal Davidoff cigarettes and other illegal tobacco products.
Category: Illegal Tobacco |
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Tags: contraband tobacco, davidoff cigarettes
Jessica Miller | March 17, 2011
Dodgy cigarettes were in the spotlight when an illegal tobacco roadshow visited Widnes. The NHS Health Improvement Team and Halton Trading Standards event was held to increase awareness of the illegality and potential harm caused by cheap and fake tobacco products. It also pointed out dangers of secondhand smoke to children.
Category: Illegal Tobacco |
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Tags: fake cigarettes, glamour cigarettes, tobacco products