Phones and Vapes: Bradford shop owner pleads guilty to selling oversized vapes to 13-year-old girl

Complaints had been made that sales of e-cigarettes to children had been made at Phones and Vapes on Beckside Road in Bradford, which is owned by Badir Shah, and a notice was issued by West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service that a test purchase would follow.

In April this year a 13-year-old volunteer entered the shop, under the supervision of a Trading Standards Officer, and asked to buy a vape. The volunteer was sold an eLux ENE Lemon Peach Passionfruit 3500 puffs electronic cigarette for £12.00, without asking for any identification, or challenging her age.