N.S. retailer back in court on charge of violating tobacco display law

The court case against a Kentville, N.S. smoke shop owner who refuses to remove tobacco displays from his store has been delayed again. Bob Gee of Maders Tobacco appeared in Kentville provincial court Thursday on a charge of illegally displaying tobacco products. Gee said he was prepared to make his argument but the Crown wasn’t […]

The court case against a Kentville, N.S. smoke shop owner who refuses to remove tobacco displays from his store has been delayed again.

Bob Gee of Maders Tobacco appeared in Kentville provincial court Thursday on a charge of illegally displaying tobacco products.

Gee said he was prepared to make his argument but the Crown wasn’t prepared for the constitutional challenge so the case was adjourned until April.

Gee has made national headlines for his refusal to move his cigarettes from open view.

He has been charged with violating the province’s Tobacco Access Act twice, having had the first charges stayed last April before being charged again in July.

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