An exemption to the display ban has been created for tobacconists.

• The regulation defines tobacconist based on the percentage of specialty tobacco products (e.g., cigars, pipes, humidors) that the retailer sells. A retailer can register as a tobacconist with the Ministry of Health Promotion if specialty tobacco products accounted for at least 50 per cent of its sales in the previous twelve months. If the retailer has been in operation for less than a year, at least 50 per cent of the retailer’s inventory purchases must consist of specialty tobacco products.

Specialty tobacco products do not include cigarettes.

Tobacconists are permitted to display specialty tobacco products.

All owners and employers of tobacconist retail outlets must comply fully with the Act and Regulation. This includes:

• Allowing customers to enter only from outdoors or indoor common areas.
• Preventing any person who appears to be less than 25 years old from entering the establishment, unless the person is accompanied by somebody who is at least 19 or can provide identification showing that he or she is at least 19.

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