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Rolling Papers were invented in Spain, not France. The French didn't trade tobacco with the new world until a lifetime after the Spanish already were. In 1660, the Lacroix family began producing the papers; in 1736 they obtained a mill and founded the Lacroix Rolling Paper company.The first rolling paper was produced in Alcoy, Spain 1764. Rolling papers became popular in the second half of the 19th century. By the mid-1800's, the composition of the papers had changed to include rice paper and so did the name of the company. Riz is the french word for rice and coupled with...

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