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Monday, June 2, 2008

Stores selling lager for as little as 25p a can 'put children's lives at risk'

03 June 2008
By FIONA MACLEOD and CLAIRE SMITH

A SUPERMARKET price war is putting children's lives at risk with cut-price alcohol.

With cans of own-brand lager available from 25p when bought in large packs, and well-known brands such as Tennent's from 44p, critics say youngsters can easily afford to buy alcohol.

And because it is so cheap, under-age children can ask older teenagers to buy it for them, and then give them a can or two as a thank-you.
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