(U.K) Can anyone give me a list of UK Id Cards accepted in shops for purchase of over-age items?

Question

I'm getting myself an ID so i can finally buy cigarette's -- Only trouble is i don't have a clue where to apply, what the cards look like, and what are the ones most accepted by shops?
If anyone could please post the site where to apply for one.

And secondly does anyone know where i can find a picture of what they look like?

Answer 1

A driving liceince or provisional liceince card wil be accepted in most places. To get a provisional liceince you don't need any experiance of driving - just go to your nearests post office and ask them to give you a form.

If you're in school or higher education they will probably have information on schemes you can join up to, though neither the Ucas card or the Connexions card will be accepte din many places. But again, ask in your school office for information.

Otherwise, theres alot of schemes:

http://www.citizencard.com/
http://www.validateuk.co.uk/
http://www.portmangroup.org.uk/campaigns/52.asp

The webites have pictures of the cards on them, and say their accepted in msot places.

In worst case scenario, you could always use your passport, though thats less likely to be accepted if its from another country and doesn't look like our passports do.