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A.R.S. § 13-3622 — Furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person; underage person accepting or receiving tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia; illegally obtaining tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia by underage person; classification; definitions

Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 36: Family Offenses, Arizona Revised Statutes.

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Full text of A.R.S. § 13-3622

Statutory text current through the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text published by the Arizona Legislature (Arizona Legislative Council compilation, azleg.gov); it is not the official statutes of the State of Arizona.

A.R.S. § 13-3622Primary source, current through the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
A. A person who knowingly sells, gives or furnishes a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, to a person who is under twenty-one years of age is guilty of a petty offense. B. Except as provided in section 36-798.07, a person who is under twenty-one years of age and who buys, or has in the person's possession or knowingly accepts or receives from any person, a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, is guilty of a petty offense, and if the offense involves any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, shall pay a fine of at least $100 or perform at least thirty hours of community restitution. C. A person who is under twenty-one years of age who misrepresents the person's age to another person by means of a written instrument of identification with the intent to induce the other person to sell, give or furnish a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, in violation of subsection A or B of this section is guilty of a petty offense and, notwithstanding section 13-802, shall pay a fine of not more than $500. D. This section does not apply to any of the following: 1. Cigars, cigarettes or cigarette papers, smoking or chewing tobacco or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, if it is used or intended to be used in connection with a bona fide practice of a religious belief and as an integral part of a religious or ceremonial exercise. 2. Any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, that is given to or possessed by a person who is under twenty-one years of age if the instrument or paraphernalia was a gift or souvenir and is not used or intended to be used by the person who is under twenty-one years of age to smoke or ingest tobacco or shisha. E. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Shisha" includes any mixture of tobacco leaf and honey, molasses or dried fruit or any other sweetener. 2. "Tobacco product" means any of the following: (a) Cigars. (b) Cigarettes. (c) Cigarette papers of any kind. (d) Smoking tobacco of any kind. (e) Chewing tobacco of any kind. 3. "Vapor product": (a) Means a noncombustible tobacco-derived product containing nicotine that employs a mechanical heating element, battery or circuit, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to heat a liquid nicotine solution contained in cartridges. (b) Does not include any product that is regulated by the United States food and drug administration under chapter V of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act.

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Is furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person a felony or a misdemeanor in Arizona?

Furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person is a Petty Offense in Arizona under A.R.S. § 13-3622.

Which Arizona statute covers furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person?

Furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person is governed by A.R.S. § 13-3622 (Furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person; underage person accepting or receiving tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia; illegally obtaining tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia by underage person; classification; definitions).

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