- Title or Description
- Seizing of illicit vapes or nicotine products
- FOI Number
- 2024642
- Date Received
- 26/06/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
- 1. The number of illicit vapes seized, broken down by year, in the last 5 years (2019-2024) 2. The number of Trading Standards officers involved in seizing illicit vapes or nicotine products in your local authority, broken down by year in the last 5 years (2019-2024) This could be a person whose role is specifically a tobacco control officer, or the number of Trading Standards officers you have working with tobacco/nicotine products per year.
- Response
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1. The number of illicit vapes seized, broken down by year, in the last 5 years (2019-2024) 2019 0 2020 0 2021 0 2022 63 2023 0 2024 236
2. The number of Trading Standards officers involved in seizing illicit vapes or nicotine products in your local authority, broken down by year in the last 5 years (2019-2024) This could be a person whose role is specifically a tobacco control officer, or the number of Trading Standards officers you have working with tobacco/nicotine products per year. 2019 3.4 FTE 2020 3.4 FTE 2021 3.4 FTE 2022 2.4 FTE 2023 3 FTE 2024 4 FTE
