Tobacco: Smuggling

(asked on 25th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will bring forward proposals to include the sale of illicit tobacco as an offence under the Restricted Premises Order.


This question was answered on 2nd February 2017

Restricted Premise Orders are a sanction under the Children’s and Families Act 1933 (as amended) for the underage sale of tobacco. The Government has no current plans to amend this primary legislation.

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