Specialty Vape Stores and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017
A specialty vape store is a business registered with the local Board of Health that primarily sells vapour products. If you want to register your business as a specialty vape store with the Board of Health, the following criteria must be met:
- A specialty vape store must have vapour products account for at least 85 per cent of its total sales in the previous year. If the retailer has been in operation for less than a year, at least 85 per cent of the retailer's total inventory purchases or sales for that time period must be vapour products.
- The remaining, up to 15 per cent of the store's revenues or inventory, would have to be dedicated to other items associated with a vapour product or branded with the name of the specialty vape store, or a brand of vapour product.
Tobacconists and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017
A tobacconist is a business registered with the local Board of Health that primarily sells specialty tobacco products. If you want to register your business as a tobacconist with the Board of Health, the following criteria must currently be met:
- A tobacconist must have specialty vapour products account for at least 85 per cent of its total sales in the previous year. If the retailer has been in operation for less than a year, at least 85 per cent of the retailer's total inventory purchases or sales for that time period must relate to specialty tobacco products.
- The remaining, up to 15 per cent of the store's revenues or inventory, must be from cigarettes or other items reasonably associated with a tobacco product or branded with the name of the tobacconist, or a brand of tobacco.
