{"id":55105,"date":"2024-02-15T13:47:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=55105"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:46:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:46:57","slug":"thousands-of-illegal-vapes-seized-by-sheffield-trading-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/thousands-of-illegal-vapes-seized-by-sheffield-trading-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of illegal vapes seized by Sheffield Trading Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This comes after 30,000 vapes were seized in a raid on a Sheffield shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with South Yorkshire Police, Sheffield Trading standards carried out over 100 inspection visits to local businesses and found many to be selling illegal brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield City councillor Joe Otten said: \u2018These illegal vapes can be dangerous for a number of reasons they can have higher concentrations than the permitted levels of nicotine, along with other chemical which are illegal because they\u2019re not regulated\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also the risks that come with the batteries of illegal disposable vapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Otten said: \u2018Of course they have batteries they can explode which can be a hazard as well\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018What we don\u2019t want is lots of batteries in the black bin waste because they cause fires, they can cause fires in the bin lorries, they can cause fires at the incinerators.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;If there a fire in the area where the waste is collected beforehand that can shut the incinerator down, huge problem.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Otten addressed the issues of illegal vapes in the hands of younger people, under the age of 18, revealing shops will lose their license at business should they sell to under 18s,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he admits they must remain on their toes to prevent any illegal trading involving smoking and vaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018We just have to stay on top of things, sometimes these traders will pop up, previously reputable businesses may be visited by organised criminals being told they can make a lot of money selling these why don\u2019t you do it?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018They\u2019ll go around, so we\u2019ll just have to keep up with it and there\u2019s a bit of an arms race of their methods and how we can detect them and how we can stop them.\u2019 &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/jonathan-cooper-4eDM2-pWzk4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55117\" style=\"width:822px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/jonathan-cooper-4eDM2-pWzk4-unsplash-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/jonathan-cooper-4eDM2-pWzk4-unsplash-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comes after 30,000 vapes were seized in a raid on a Sheffield shop. 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