Teens not questioned when they use machines in London pubs
Jump to full article: Luton Today (uk), 2009-06-29
Intro: Two Luton youngsters have shown how easy it is for children to buy cigerettes in a film made by the British Heart Foundation.
The footage, which is part of the charity's campaign to ban cigarette vending machines, featured 15-year olds Cordell Sutherland and Casey Philip from Ashcroft High School in Crawley Green Road.
Cordell and Casey used a hidden camera to secretly record themselves buying cigarettes from machines in three different pubs just yards away from the House of Parliament in London.
Each time they managed to buy cigarettes from the vending machines without being stopped or challenged about their age.
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