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Make appetite suppressants an age-restricted product, bound by law.

Submitted on Saturday 12th October 2019

Published on Monday 14th October 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 91

Tagged with

10 years ~ Children ~ Enable ~ Law

Petition Action

Make appetite suppressants an age-restricted product, bound by law.

Petition Details

Currently it is not illegal to sell diet pills and slimming aids to those under the age of 18. From working in a young persons eating disorder service I have been shocked at how children as young as 10 years old have had access to diet pills and use these to lose dangerous amounts of weight.

Additional Information

Despite shops like Superdrug and Holland & Barrett adopting policies that prevent products aimed at adults being sold to children, this is not bound by law like alcohol sales. The government restricts products that pose a potential risk to those under the age of 18. However, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. I believe it is irresponsible that the government does not restrict the sale of products that enable children to access dangerous means of weight loss.


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