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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy
Have to say though - I've never encountered anywhere that sold single cigarettes.
When I was in my mid teens (around 2000) nowhere ID's though. Pubs were happy enough so long as you didn't look like an actual child, and there were multiple small shops that would sell cigarettes and alcohol to basically anyone over about 14.
I think there are probably more "mystery shoppers" around these days or something, I know it's not as easy for the kidz to get their booze these days.
Also everyone I knew had dodgy fake ID's bought for £10 off the internet. COMPLETELY unconvincing but so many places accepted them, even proper bars & clubs in town  . |
That principle should apply to the manner in which people behind the till ask people (especially young people who are actually only 18-20) for ID. Unless the person trying to buy is obviously about 12, you ask them for ID, not how old they are. You don’t want to put people off by patronising them or getting overly personal with them.
Back in the day plenty of corner shops would sell singles to young teenagers asking for smokes. That’s how I discreetly got away with it the handful of times I smoked cigarettes as a 15-year-old (I did manage to get a 10-pack of Lambert once at that time though). I’ve always been pretty socially introverted so I was happy to just wait until I was 18 for clubbing (and even then I had to almost be dragged out kicking and screaming). I didn’t get ’round to getting or using fake ID for anything.
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