BBC: Extra-strong nicotine products designed to appeal to children – including some which have ripped off the logos of popular sweet brands – are being openly sold in shops, BBC Scotland has found.
A Disclosure reporter, filming undercover, bought nicotine pouches which mimic the name and branding of the well-known "Millions" sweets in a shop in the east end of Glasgow.
The shop worker who sold the pouches claimed they contained 100mg of nicotine, which would make them about 10 times the strength of a cigarette.
Tests later showed a lower level of 17mg, which would still be defined as extra strong by most legitimate manufacturers.
Trading Standards said they were concerned about products with a "worrying child appeal" as well as flavours and "eye-catching packaging" that mimicked sweets.
However, there is no law restricting the age of sale for nicotine pouches, so any child can legally enter a shop and buy the addictive products. »
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