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27-Sep-11, 08:20
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:

Outcome of Highland Council under-age tobacco sales exercise

As a result of a test-purchase exercise undertaken across the Highlands that used the services of a young volunteer, The Highland Council Trading Standards has recently issued two fixed penalties for under-age sales of cigarettes. The £200 penalties, which were new sanctions introduced by Scottish legislation earlier this year, were issued to the shop assistant who made the illegal sale and to the company operating the shop premises. ... [Read Full Article (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk/article.php?id=2468)]