Noticeboard 10 years of a childs life saved! TSI is launching a national competition in schools to both help engage young people and raise awareness among MPs of trading standards work in underage sales. Crucially, TSI wants to promote the message that local trading standards services play a key role in helping to protect childrens long and short-term health by limiting their access to tobacco and alcohol products in shops. Statistics indicate that around two thirds of adult smokers who take up the habit before the age of 18, and adults who started smoking as children, are more likely than any other group to become lifelong smokers. They become more dependent on tobacco and nd it harder to quit. The longer and more heavily someone has smoked, the more likely they are to develop preventable related illnesses, and statistics indicate that, on average, lifelong smokers will lose 10 years off their lives. By tackling underage sales to young people, trading standards services are protecting this vulnerable group, who are widely considered to be more susceptible to tobacco advertising than adults. Smokers who take up the habit as adults are statistically more likely to quit and less likely to develop illness than those who start smoking at a younger age. Create a Campaign, sponsored by Waitrose, launches at Westminster on 4 February, and a further event is planned at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on 17 February. The initiative invites teams of young people, aged 12-15, to get creative and come up with a campaign to combat illegal underage sales and use of both tobacco and alcohol products by children. The institute has conrmed a number of important and inuential speakers scheduled to attend the Westminster event, including: Under Secretary of State for Health, Jane Ellison; director of alcohol, drugs and tobacco at Public Health England, Rosanna OConnor; member of youth parliament, Toby Jeffery; and inspirational speaker Kelly Brand. Want to know more about the competition? Visit TSIs website and follow the campaign on twitter #save10win1000. Look out for full coverage of the event in the next issue of TS Today. UP TO DATE An incorrect date slipped into the Food Information Regulations article, on page 25 of the January issue of TS Today, during editing. The correct date for nutritional labelling being compulsory for all foods is 13 December 2016. This was corrected on all app versions of TS Today and resent to subscribers. The browser version was also updated within minutes of the error being spotted. We apologise for any confusion this may have caused. Its really important to ensure that underage sales stay restricted for young people Member of youth parliament Toby Jeffery Tap to listen For those of you who have received the new addition to the TSI family, TS Review, dont forget to fill in the new continuing personal and professional development (CPPD) questionnaire. The first module, on food information, can be found on page 41. Answers should be submitted online at www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/cppdtest by 23 April 2015. All TSI members are required by the institute to keep their CPPD up to date