Trading Standards officers, supported by Police, have carried out a ‘compliance check’ at an American sweet and vape shop in Shanklin.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing officers from the Isle of Wight Council’s Trading Standards team enter ‘The Chill Stop’, a commercial premises located on High Street, on 9th September.
The visit comes after a number of readers contacted Island Echo to say they had reported the recently-launched business to Trading Standards over concerns relating to tobacco products.
A photo shared with Island Echo shows an iPad being used inside the premises to display pictures of what appear to be tobacco products for sale.
However, the Isle of Wight Council has not confirmed whether tobacco products formed part of its compliance check, whether any such products were seized or whether any offences have been identified.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has confirmed that officers attended to assist the council’s Trading Standards team with their search.
A spokesperson for the Isle of Wight Council has said:
“The Isle of Wight Council Trading Standards team has recently undertaken compliance checks with traders on the Island, supported by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police.
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The shop continues to trade.
Vaping and smoking does not interest myself
why pay extortionate prices for substances that
affects ones heath, also both are anti-social.
Cheaper to buy a packet of polos.
We, pay an enormous amount of our hard earned to government, councils, hangers on etc.
They are anti social and affect the heath, let alone our health, by driving us close to a complete mental breakdown with their lies, bullshit, and mind boggling decisions as they throw arm fulls of our money at any hair brained scheme they fancy.
They should all be impaled, in true Vlad style
Apparently “duty free” cigarettes and tobacco can sometimes contain less than half a pack in one or two lol. Not even genuine duty free. Poison to our kids that they sell to