Rolling papers in Nova Scotia: the rules
Nova Scotia's Tobacco Access Act sets 19 as the minimum age for tobacco products and regulates vendor promotion and display: products must be kept out of view unless the store sells only tobacco products and bars minors. Retailers apply the 19 rule to rolling papers, and papers sold as tobacco products sit behind the counter at general retail. The federal Tobacco and Vaping Products Act classes papers intended for use with tobacco as a tobacco product and bars furnishing them to anyone under 18.
Cannabis: adults 19 and over may possess up to 30 g of dried cannabis in public and grow up to four plants per household, with each apartment counting as a separate household. Smoking or vaping cannabis in public is governed by the Smoke-free Places Act, broadly where tobacco smoking is allowed, with municipal restrictions, and is prohibited in vehicles by drivers or passengers. The NSLC is the only authorised retailer; buying from anyone else carries a minimum $600 fine.
Skins is sold and described in Nova Scotia as a tobacco accessory only, through the general retail and tobacconist trade.
