ComercioTodos los mercados
How to become a rolling-paper stockist or distributor
The two trade routes into Skins, what arrives within two working days, what a distributor receives, age-of-sale and import basics, and a checklist.
6 min de lectura
Mapa de crestas · 08
Notas de laboratorio
Notas desde el laboratorio.
Notas técnicas breves sobre lo que hace a un papel de liar: la fibra, la goma, el frente de combustión, los formatos y las normas de cada mercado. Escritas en inglés, contrastadas con fuentes, actualizadas cuando cambia la ley.
Notas
Notas · 16
Ley y edadReino Unido
Rolling papers in the UK: age 18, the 2026 Act and what changes on 1 January 2027
Cigarette papers are age-restricted at 18 today. From 1 January 2027 the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 replaces that with a birth-date test. What changes.
6 min de lectura
Ley y edadTailandia
Are rolling papers legal in Thailand? The 2026 position
Yes. Papers sit outside the Tobacco Products Control Act's definition, so its age, advertising and display rules do not apply on their face. What does.
6 min de lectura
VerificaciónTodos los mercados
What makes a good rolling paper: the six tests behind a verified batch
What a batch is, why Skins verifies every one rather than holding a certificate, and the six tests in order with their pass marks.
6 min de lectura
Ley y edadEstados Unidos
Rolling paper legal age by US state (2026): the wave-1 table
The answer is 21 everywhere: federal Tobacco 21, FDA's deeming rule and photo-ID under 30, with a table of the 23 states where Skins launches first.
5 min de lectura
Ley y edadCanadá
Rolling papers in Canada, province by province: age and retail (2026)
Papers are tobacco products under federal law with a floor of 18. Most provinces set 19, PEI 21. The 13-row table, the accessory test and packaging.
6 min de lectura
Técnica y conservaciónTodos los mercados
How to store rolling papers: humidity, heat and the gum strip
Paper tracks the humidity of the room. What too dry and too damp do to a leaf and its gum strip, a sensible range for a booklet, and a short checklist.
6 min de lectura
Técnica y conservaciónTodos los mercados
How to roll with ultra-thin rolling paper: technique for a light leaf
Handling technique for a near-transparent leaf: hand position, keeping the sheet dry until the seal, the tuck, why thin paper splits, and weight to skill.
6 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
How ultra-thin rolling paper is made: from Alcoy to the calender
From long plant fibre to a 55-leaf booklet: pulping, the paper machine, the dandy roll that presses the watermark, calendering, gumming, then the lab.
6 min de lectura
Tamaños y formatosTodos los mercados
King Size vs King Size Slim vs Super King Size: rolling paper dimensions
King Size, King Size Slim, Super King Size and the smaller formats in millimetres, what width does to the roll, and how to choose between them.
6 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
Natural gum on rolling papers, explained (and why the caramel line)
Gum arabic from acacia trees, how the strip is laid, why width and coat weight decide the seal, and why natural gum burns to a fine caramel line.
5 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
Unbleached vs bleached rolling papers: what chlorine-free actually means
Why raw pulp is brown, what chlorine, ECF and TCF bleaching each do, what chlorine-free means, and whether an unbleached leaf burns any differently.
6 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
Rice vs hemp vs wood-pulp rolling papers: fibre, feel and burn
Rice straw, hemp, flax and wood pulp each make a different leaf. How fibre length changes translucency, grip, burn and ash, with a side-by-side table.
6 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
Rolling paper GSM: what basis weight does to burn, ash and translucency
GSM is grams per square metre. Why weight, not caliper, is the useful number, what it does to translucency, strength and ash, and the two Skins weights.
6 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
Why a rolling paper burns unevenly, and what the watermark does about it
What happens at the burn front, why papers run, and how basis weight, formation and the cross-weave watermark keep the burn slow and even, no additives.
7 min de lectura
Ciencia del papelTodos los mercados
What is rolling paper made of? Fibre, gum and water
A rolling paper is plant fibre, a strip of natural gum and the water that carried them. What each does, and the six additives a good leaf leaves out.
7 min de lectura
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