Seized Vapes and Cigarettes

Dear Amber Charnley,

Thank you for your request for information relating to Seized Vapes and
Cigarettes which we received on 03/05/2024.

As your request is a request for information relating to the environment,
this has been logged as a request under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 (EIR) and will be dealt with under the Regulations. The
reference number for your request can be found above.

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to you within 20 working days, by 04/06/2024. Please do not hesitate to
contact us at the email address below if you have any queries.

Yours sincerely,

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

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Dear Amber Charnley,

Thank you for your request for information relating to Seized Vapes and
Cigarettes which we received on 03/05/2024.

Please find Sheffield City Council’s response to your request set out
below:

How many illegal disposable vapes/e-cigarettes/e-liquids were seized
between the following period:

1st April 2022 – 31^st March 2023

2994

NB data for 23/24 financial year hasn’t been requested but we can advise
that to date Sheffield Trading Standards have seized over 35,000 in 23/24

How many cases have been identified, where a business is stocking, or in
possession of, illegal vaping products between the period:

1st Jan 2023 - 29th Feb 2024 

57

How many illegal packets of cigarettes were seized between the following
period:

1st Jan 2023 – 31^st December 2023

78,220

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public sector information obtained from Sheffield City Council and
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Kind Regards,

Sheffield City Council

PO Box 1283

Sheffield, S1 1UJ

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immediately. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose,
distribute, copy, print or rely on any of the information contained in it
or attached, and all copies must be deleted immediately. Whilst we take
reasonable steps to try to identify any software viruses, any attachments
to this Email may nevertheless contain viruses which our anti-virus
software has failed to identify. You should therefore carry out your own
anti-virus checks before opening any documents. Sheffield City Council
will not accept any liability for damage caused by computer viruses
emanating from any attachment or other document supplied with this e-mail

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