Leicester Trading Standards has said it is gearing up to tackle a "hard core" of businesses it expects will flout an incoming ban on single-use vapes.
Trading Standards said it had written to almost a thousand businesses in the city ahead of a ban on buying and selling disposable vapes from 1 June to advise them of the new rules.
But team manager Ron Ruddock said these only represent "the tip of the iceberg" of places which currently sell vapes and "we're also likely to have a hard core that probably won't comply".
He said officers will act on "intel" after the change in the law to focus on those "most likely to be mis-selling".
Only devices considered to be reusable will be legal from Sunday – they must have a rechargeable battery, a replaceable coil and be refillable.
