New Warnings About Alcohol Sales to Under-18s

Warning stickers on off licence shelves are the latest action in a crackdown on booze sales to under-18s.

(Vocus/PRWEB ) January 20, 2009 -- Warning stickers on off licence shelves are the latest action in a crackdown on alcohol sales to under-18s.

Greenwich Council: Warning stickers on off licence shelves are the latest action in a crackdown on booze sales to under-18s.

Adults who buy booze for adolescent humans are acting irresponsibly and potentially causing austere harm. This attack aims to get that bulletin home, as able-bodied as acknowledging traders who frequently accuse to the board and badge about adolescent humans acquisition alfresco their shops and aggravation adults to buy booze for them. We will plan carefully with Greenwich Council to ensure that those who buy booze for adolescent humans are fined. This blazon of behaviour will artlessly not be tolerated. I achievement that those who accept assisted adolescent humans in affairs booze in the accomplished will anticipate alert about accomplishing so in the future. The stickers are allotment of an advancing attack and are aimed at adults who buy booze for children. Local badge accept been visiting off licences above the apple to duke out stocks of the beaming stickers for use on shelves area booze is displayed. They backpack a bright admonishing that adults who buy booze for accouchement accident case and a accomplished of up to £5,000.

The attack is accepting led by Greenwich Council with bounded badge and is accepting accurate by bounded traders. The sticker attack is active alongside a continuing programme of analysis purchases in which adolescent volunteers are beatific in to food to see if they will advertise them alcohol.

During the latest exercise, endure month, two volunteers age-old 15 and 16 years went into 12 off licences. In four of the food they were awash cider or lager after accepting challenged about their age or asked for photo ID.

The adolescent volunteers were aswell able to buy cigarettes from a automat apparatus in a bounded pub. The 5 bounds accept had advising visits in the endure few months reminding them of their responsibilities, and added action is planned adjoin them.

Councillor Maureen O'Mara, Greenwich Council's Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services, said:

"Adults who buy booze for adolescent humans are acting irresponsibly and potentially causing austere harm. This attack aims to get that bulletin home, as able-bodied as acknowledging traders who frequently accuse to the board and badge about adolescent humans acquisition alfresco their shops and aggravation adults to buy booze for them."

Greenwich Superintendent Brian Cherek, added:

"We will plan carefully with Greenwich Council to ensure that those who buy booze for adolescent humans are fined. This blazon of behaviour will artlessly not be tolerated. I achievement that those who accept assisted adolescent humans in affairs booze in the accomplished will anticipate alert about accomplishing so in the future."

For media advice amuse acquaintance David Harrison on 020 8921 5214. Email: david.harrison (at) greenwich.gov.uk