Renfrewshire retailers warning amid fake cigarettes crackdown from Trading Standards

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Renfrewshire is awash with fake cigarettes – and efforts are being ramped up to stub out the problem. In the past 11 months, there have been 52 seizures of illegal tobacco and e-cigarettes, according to Renfrewshire Council’s Trading Standards department.This includes 3,900g of tobacco, 5,120 cigarettes and 147 nicotine vapour products (NVPs).Those businesses who have been caught selling the illegal products cannot be named because of the Enterprise Act, which prevents disclosure.It has led to Trading Standards taking the unusual step of writing to every tobacco and e-cigarette retailer in the area, warning them of the consequences of illegally procuring the products.In an email seen by the Express, Trading Standards officers say: “In recent months, the Trading Standards & licensing team have been made aware of the spread of illegal tobacco and e-cigarettes across Renfrewshire.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies.Available on both Android and Apple.

Download here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial“To date, a large number of these products have been recovered from local business premises.”They go on to say that, worryingly, such products are coming into the hands of those who are