The sale took place during a November 2025 operation led by Essex Trading Standards. All the retailers with stalls at the market received an advisory visit from Essex Trading Standards on 30 August 2025. "Businesses that break the law in Essex will be targeted by Trading Standards." "That's why there's a minimum age of sale for vaping products in the UK. "It is illegal to sell nicotine vaping products to anyone under 18 or for adults to buy them on behalf of under-18s."