Showing ID for tobacco products

nowayout1

I buy rolling tobacco twice a week & on both those days I get asked for ID and I'm 25 years old nearly 26. Do you legally have to show your ID? Am I wrong in thinking that if you feel offended in being asked for alcohol or tobacco products that you can lodge a complaint against them? When I show it to the person on the till they are shocked when they see my age & quickly say sorry but it happens all the time & is getting annoying.

I know for buying alcohol they have signs stating "if you look under 21/25 you can be asked for ID" but does that relate to tobacco products too? Cause the only times I carry my ID is when I go out for drinks in a pub or night out in town & not out with me on my day to day business & have to get my driving licence from the car.

Does anyone else feel the same like your being picked on? When I was 18-19 I wasn't bothered in showing it but it's starting to get annoying now. Can you bring legal proceedings against them for it or are you blocked by legislation for doing so?

TherapyBoy

I got ID'd until I quit smoking when I was 29, even in my local newsagent. It did bother me for a while but it helped when I just started to think of it as a compliment. After that it was only annoying on the very odd day I'd forget my driving license!

Embrace your youthful looks! Anyone who asks you for ID is just jealous

TheChizler

The shop could legally ask you for ID when buying a pack of jellies if they wanted, in general they're not obliged to affect custom from anyone.

If you look young, and it seems in your case that you might, be prepared to be asked for proof of age when buying restricted items. I'm the same age and at the stage where if I'm freshly shaven I'm guaranteed to be asked, but rarely with a few days stubble!

Meteoric

TherapyBoy wrote: »

I got ID'd until I quit smoking when I was 29, even in my local newsagent. It did bother me for a while but it helped when I just started to think of it as a compliment. After that it was only annoying on the very odd day I'd forget my driving license!

Embrace your youthful looks! Anyone who asks you for ID is just jealous

This, I got asked was I over 18 recently, I'm 40. There are people out there terrified they will lose their job if they mess up at all so they ask. It is annoying for you but if I am the teller and my boss could fire me for not asking, I'll ask.

ptyloch

nowayout1 wrote: »

I buy rolling tobacco twice a week & on both those days I get asked for ID and I'm 25 years old nearly 26. Do you legally have to show your ID? Am I wrong in thinking that if you feel offended in being asked for alcohol or tobacco products that you can lodge a complaint against them? When I show it to the person on the till they are shocked when they see my age & quickly say sorry but it happens all the time & is getting annoying.

I know for buying alcohol they have signs stating "if you look under 21/25 you can be asked for ID" but does that relate to tobacco products too? Cause the only times I carry my ID is when I go out for drinks in a pub or night out in town & not out with me on my day to day business & have to get my driving licence from the car.

Does anyone else feel the same like your being picked on? When I was 18-19 I wasn't bothered in showing it but it's starting to get annoying now. Can you bring legal proceedings against them for it or are you blocked by legislation for doing so?

Picked on? Seriously all those sellers are checked and have 'test shoppers' come in and do spot checks. Basically it's a controlled shop by a minor and if they'll sell the product to them they are in serious trouble and could loose their license. So really don't be surprised if they ask, they are just covering themselves.

Peregrinus

nowayout1 wrote: »

Does anyone else feel the same like your being picked on? When I was 18-19 I wasn't bothered in showing it but it's starting to get annoying now. Can you bring legal proceedings against them for it or are you blocked by legislation for doing so?

You're not "blocked by legislation" from brining proceedings, but that's not how it workds. There's no general rule that anybody can sue anybody else unless there's a law passed to block them. Everyone has a right of access to the courts, but to sue somebody you need to have a cause of action; a complaint that they have done something that is in some way unlawful. And what exactly is your cause of action here? That you look younger than you in fact are?

braddun

I thought smoking makes you look older or is that when your 30 you look 40

MarkAnthony

OP you're being very silly to be honest.

Why not just go to the same shop or shops?

Leave your licence in your wallet.

coylemj

Go to the US and see how often they ask for proof of age in bars. Unless you're all grey haired and in wheelchairs, you are virtually guaranteed that the youngest looking person in the group will be asked for proof of age, happens all the time.