By AZFamily Digital News Staff
January 5, 2026- A vape shop with several Valley locations must pay back thousands of dollars for illegally selling tobacco and nicotine to underage customers, according to Arizona’s attorney general.
Attorney General Kris Mayes announced on Monday that Pro Source Supply LLC, Pro Source Vapes LLC, Pro Source CBD LLC, and its owner, Timothy Kell, must pay $460,000 in restitution in response to a lawsuit filed by Mayes last year.
In the lawsuit, Mayes alleged that the stores refused to check IDs and knowingly sold tobacco and nicotine products to underage buyers.
Mayes’ office conducted several inspections and discovered illegal sales at multiple store locations, including New York Smoke Shop in Chandler and three Pro Source locations in Scottsdale, Tempe and Glendale.
The attorney general said that the shops continued selling products to minors even after receiving citations, fines and warnings. In Arizona, it’s illegal to sell tobacco and nicotine products to those under 18 years old, and under the age of 21, per federal law.
Under the agreement, Pro Source must implement age-verification policies, enhance employee training, use electronic ID scanning for sales, conduct regular compliance checks and ban products and advertising that appeal to teens. Mayes says the company is banned from selling single cigarettes, flavored cigarillos at specific locations and products that look like candy, toys or school supplies.
“This judgment is about protecting kids and holding retailers accountable when they fail to follow the law,” Mayes said in a statement. “More than 95 percent of adult tobacco users started before the legal age, and we know how quickly nicotine addiction can take hold. Retailers that sell these products have a legal and moral responsibility to make sure they are not putting Arizona’s youth at risk.”
Pro Source must also hire a compliance officer, conduct random compliance checks by a third party company and report the results directly to the attorney general’s office.
The agreement will be in effect through Nov. 1, 2031.
