ARS 13-3622: Furnishing of tobacco product, vapor
The complete text of A.R.S. § 13-3622 on furnishing of tobacco product, vapor, and how this section is used in Arizona criminal cases. It defines terms and procedure rather than creating an offense.
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Full Text of A.R.S. § 13-3622
A.R.S. § 13-3622 is the Arizona statute on furnishing of tobacco product, vapor. It sets out procedure and rules rather than defining an offense, so no offense class or sentence attaches to this section on its own.
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.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-3622, Arizona Legislative Council revision of 09/19/25. Read the official text on azleg.gov. Statutes change; verify the current version before relying on it.
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Related Statutes in Chapter 36 — Family Offenses
- A.R.S. § 13-3621 — Hire or use of child under sixteen for public vocation
- A.R.S. § 13-3623 — Child or vulnerable adult abuse
- A.R.S. § 13-3620 — Duty to report abuse, physical injury, neglect and denial or deprivation of medical or surgical care or nourishment of minors
- A.R.S. § 13-3620.01 — False reports
- A.R.S. § 13-3619 — Permitting life, health or morals of minor to be imperiled by neglect, abuse or immoral associations
- A.R.S. § 13-3625 — Unlawful sale or purchase of children
- A.R.S. § 13-3613 — Contributing to delinquency and dependency
- A.R.S. § 13-3611 — Refusal or neglect to provide for spouse
How § 13-3622 Affects an Arizona Case
§ 13-3622 usually matters because of how it interacts with the charge someone is actually facing. We read it alongside the charging statute, because a definition or a procedural rule frequently decides what the State must prove, what a judge may impose, or what relief is available afterward.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is A.R.S. § 13-3622?
A.R.S. § 13-3622 is the Arizona statute on furnishing of tobacco product, vapor. It sets out rules that apply across Arizona criminal cases rather than defining a single offense.
Where can I read the official text of § 13-3622?
The Arizona Legislature publishes it at azleg.gov, in the revision dated 09/19/25. The complete text is reproduced on this page, and every Arizona criminal statute is searchable on our Arizona Criminal Code index.
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