How do you prevent illegal tobacco being smuggled in from China?
Trading Standards North West launch a pilot scheme to discourage
Chinese students from importing illegal tobacco into the UK.
Chinese students in the North West region were believed to be
smuggling illegal cigarettes into the UK through postal packages
from their homeland.
To combat this, Trading Standards North West put together a
pilot project with the University of Lancashire to help educate
students about illegal tobacco and what would happen if they were
caught selling it.
An induction pack containing postcards and cartoon-strip
leaflets, in Chinese and English, were sent out to students during
Freshers' Week, and highlighted that dealing in illegal cigarettes
could land you with an unlimited fine, a criminal record and even a
jail sentence.
This was followed up with posters around the halls of residence
and 10,000 fortune cookies containing messages such as: "If you
sell illegal tobacco you are killing four times as many people as
if you sell illegal drugs."
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