§ 36-798.04 Unlawful manufacture, sale or distribution of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco; exception; violation; classification

AZ Rev Stat § 36-798.04 (2019) (N/A)

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36-798.04. Unlawful manufacture, sale or distribution of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco; exception; violation; classification

A. Except as provided in subsection B or C of this section, it is unlawful to manufacture, sell or distribute in this state either:

1. A package or other container of cigarettes that contains fewer than twenty cigarettes.

2. A package of roll-your-own tobacco that contains less than 0.60 ounces of tobacco.

B. This section does not prohibit:

1. The manufacture of the products described in subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section for sale or distribution outside of this state.

2. The manufacture of the products described in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section for sale or distribution in compliance with subsection C of this section.

C. Products described in subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section may be distributed or sold within this state only at a facility that is licensed pursuant to section 4-209, subsection B, paragraph 6, and that admits only people who are at least twenty-one years of age.

D. A violation of this section is a class 3 misdemeanor.

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