Stores selling vapes to underage buyers For our undercover investigation, we sent under 18s onto the high street with hidden cameras. , Out of eight shops visited, five sold nicotine vapes to our underage secret shoppers. In several cases, Vaping crackdown could involve 'sting operations' in which children are sent undercover into shops ABC News Earlier this year, a Chesapeake deputy went undercover to identify several stores selling vape devices to underage buyers. The operation revealed these establishments can be easy targets for minors trying to buy