THE LAW

Alcohol

■ It’s illegal to sell alcohol to anyone under 18, for an adult to buy it for anyone under 18 or for under-18s to drink in bars or pubs (unless it’s beer, wine or cider bought by an adult for a 16- or 17-year-old to be consumed with a table meal).

Smoking

■ It’s illegal for under-18s to buy cigarettes, rolling tobacco, cigarette papers

Drugs

Like being drunk, being high can have a negative impact on your mind and body and can place you in a vulnerable position. A drug addiction can have long-term consequences on your education, physical and mental health, relationships, career, and finances. While lots of people smoke cannabis and say it relaxes them, this and other drugs can affect people in different ways. If you’re worried about and other smoking products.

■ If an under-16 is smoking in a public place, a police officer has a duty to confiscate any smoking products.

Drugs the potential consequences, just say no.

■ Drug laws are complex, but it’s illegal to possess or supply Class A, B and C drugs (that’s most things).

■ Possessing cannabis can mean a warning or £90 fine.

■ It is illegal to produce or supply legal highs.

The biggest issue with illegal drugs and legal highs is that you can never be sure exactly what you’re taking. Most legal highs have been found to contain chemicals that are unfit for human consumption, which can lead