A man from Cumbria has admitted selling counterfeit cigarettes to a child from his ice cream van.
Anthony Wharton, 61, of Marsden Street, Barrow was caught by trading standards officers who found him selling cigarettes to a 16-year-old.
He pleaded guilty at Furness and District Magistrates Court to three charges of selling counterfeit cigarettes. He also admitted one count of selling cigarettes to a minor.
Wharton admitted he would often sell cigarettes to children whom he thought looked old enough, but he failed to ask for proof of age.
After a raid at his home on 14 October 1,360 counterfeit cigarettes were found.
Wharton must pay court costs of £350 and surrender all counterfeit cigarettes. He was also ordered to complete 60 hours unpaid community work.
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пятница, 6 ноября 2009 г.
пятница, 9 октября 2009 г.
Canada bans fruit-flavored cigarettes
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada has banned the manufacture, importation and sale of most flavored cigarettes and small cigars, which have been slammed as little more than an enticement to get children to start smoking.
The law, which came into effect on Thursday, was backed by both government and opposition lawmakers. It also bans tobacco advertising in newspapers and magazines, closing a loophole that had allowed ads in publications that claimed they were read only by adults.
Anti-smoking groups said fruit-flavored cigarettes were marketed like candy to lure young smokers, but the industry complained the law was too broad and would unfairly restrict importation of U.S.-grown burley tobacco.
Lawmakers in U.S. tobacco-growing states have complained the law will cost U.S. jobs, and a U.S. Senator has been blocking the appointment of a White House trade official in a bid to make the Obama administration put pressure on Canada.
Anti-smoking groups say the jobs complaint is unfounded since Canada did not import any U.S.-grown burley tobacco in 2007 and 2008, and "American-style" cigarettes make up less than 1 percent of the Canadian market.
"The trade argument was invented out of thin air," said Rob Cunningham of the Canadian Cancer Society.
The Canadian ban is more sweeping than one imposed last month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because it also includes small cigars. Nether ban includes menthol-flavored cigarettes.
The law, which came into effect on Thursday, was backed by both government and opposition lawmakers. It also bans tobacco advertising in newspapers and magazines, closing a loophole that had allowed ads in publications that claimed they were read only by adults.
Anti-smoking groups said fruit-flavored cigarettes were marketed like candy to lure young smokers, but the industry complained the law was too broad and would unfairly restrict importation of U.S.-grown burley tobacco.
Lawmakers in U.S. tobacco-growing states have complained the law will cost U.S. jobs, and a U.S. Senator has been blocking the appointment of a White House trade official in a bid to make the Obama administration put pressure on Canada.
Anti-smoking groups say the jobs complaint is unfounded since Canada did not import any U.S.-grown burley tobacco in 2007 and 2008, and "American-style" cigarettes make up less than 1 percent of the Canadian market.
"The trade argument was invented out of thin air," said Rob Cunningham of the Canadian Cancer Society.
The Canadian ban is more sweeping than one imposed last month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because it also includes small cigars. Nether ban includes menthol-flavored cigarettes.
среда, 7 октября 2009 г.
Md. Thief Gives New Meaning to Chain-Smoking
One man, one bag, one mission: to repeatedly steal Newport cigarettes from the same Capitol Heights 7-Eleven.
Such is the latest crime wave to hit Prince George's County, or at least one 7-Eleven in the 7400 block of Central Avenue. Since June, police say, one man has hit the convenience store six times, and in each case, he has looked no farther than the smokes.
On Tuesday, police released a surveillance photograph of the man and detailed his methods. In each incident, police said, he waits until customers have left the store and jumps over the counter. He grabs cigarettes, filling his white bag to the brim before fleeing, possibly in a silver Ford sedan, according to police and a store employee.
Newports are his preference, but if there aren't enough to fill his bag, he'll also take Marlboros, Kools and cigars, said a store employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters about the case. The employee said the thefts are so frequent that it seems as if the man is there every week. At times, he has been.
The thief first struck at 2 a.m. June 12, then a week later, at 4:21 a.m. June 19, said Officer Larry Johnson, a spokesman for the Prince George's police. He seemed to take the rest of the summer off -- not striking again until Sept. 6 -- but he has been a fixture at the convenience store since then, Johnson said. He stole cigarettes Sept. 12, Sept. 25 and Oct. 1, the most recent theft.
Police said no one has been harmed, and the man has only talked of having a gun. He never wears a mask, and investigators say he might be casing the store before each theft.
"It's obvious this guy knows who's going to be in there, when they're going to be in there, what he can do," Johnson said.
Johnson said police are checking on the store periodically, and they've advised employees there to vary their routines to throw off the suspect. He described the suspect as male, about 40 years old, standing 5-foot-5 and weighing 180 pounds.
Such is the latest crime wave to hit Prince George's County, or at least one 7-Eleven in the 7400 block of Central Avenue. Since June, police say, one man has hit the convenience store six times, and in each case, he has looked no farther than the smokes.
On Tuesday, police released a surveillance photograph of the man and detailed his methods. In each incident, police said, he waits until customers have left the store and jumps over the counter. He grabs cigarettes, filling his white bag to the brim before fleeing, possibly in a silver Ford sedan, according to police and a store employee.
Newports are his preference, but if there aren't enough to fill his bag, he'll also take Marlboros, Kools and cigars, said a store employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters about the case. The employee said the thefts are so frequent that it seems as if the man is there every week. At times, he has been.
The thief first struck at 2 a.m. June 12, then a week later, at 4:21 a.m. June 19, said Officer Larry Johnson, a spokesman for the Prince George's police. He seemed to take the rest of the summer off -- not striking again until Sept. 6 -- but he has been a fixture at the convenience store since then, Johnson said. He stole cigarettes Sept. 12, Sept. 25 and Oct. 1, the most recent theft.
Police said no one has been harmed, and the man has only talked of having a gun. He never wears a mask, and investigators say he might be casing the store before each theft.
"It's obvious this guy knows who's going to be in there, when they're going to be in there, what he can do," Johnson said.
Johnson said police are checking on the store periodically, and they've advised employees there to vary their routines to throw off the suspect. He described the suspect as male, about 40 years old, standing 5-foot-5 and weighing 180 pounds.
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