Trading Standards Test Purchasing

Trading Standards Test Purchasing

Trading Standards are looking to recruit young people to participate in our tobacco and nicotine vapour products (e.g. e-cigarettes) test purchasing project. We need non-smoking/non-vaping participants to visit retailers with our officers and attempt to buy tobacco/nicotine vapour products.

The project will be undertaken during the summer holidays, and the young people need to be aged 16 or 17 years old.

This is an extremely important role and the young person may be required to give evidence which Trading Standards may have to use in legal proceedings against the retailer. Consideration should be given to whether the young person is happy to give evidence etc.

We will not be able to make use of all those who volunteer and we will only be able to contact those we may take on test purchasing.

Payment of £5 per hour will be paid directly to the young person.

If you think your young person will be interested, please discuss this with them initially and then send a note of interest to tradingstandards@westlothian.gov.uk by close business on Friday 17^th June 2022 , including the young person's date of birth and the area of West Lothian they reside in.