Yuma, Somerton Stores Cited in Statewide Tobacco Sales to Minors Crackdown
Stores in Yuma and Somerton's Super Gas Mini-Mart were cited as Arizona's AG issued 451 criminal citations across 1,882 statewide tobacco inspections in fiscal year 2025.
Retail stores in Yuma and Somerton are among the businesses facing criminal citations after Attorney General Kris Mayes announced the results of Operation Counter Strike, a statewide enforcement sweep that conducted 1,882 inspections of tobacco retailers across every Arizona county in fiscal year 2025 and produced 451 criminal citations against clerks and businesses that sold tobacco products to minors.
Super Gas Mini-Mart at 611 E Main St in Somerton appears in the Attorney General's Office retailer inspection data alongside other cited locations statewide. No specific store names for the Yuma citations were available in the materials released by the AG's office, though state investigators confirmed stores in Yuma were among those cited. The full retailer inspection dataset is publicly accessible at az.countertools.org/retailers-public.
The enforcement sweep extended well beyond Yuma County. Mayes' office identified illegal sales at New York Smoke Shop in Chandler and three Pro Source locations in Scottsdale, Tempe, and Glendale. Particularly troubling, according to the AG's office, is that some of those shops continued selling tobacco products to minors even after receiving citations, fines, and prior warnings.
That pattern of repeat violations drove one of the program's most significant legal outcomes. Pro Source Supply LLC, Pro Source Vapes LLC, Pro Source CBD LLC, and owner Timothy Kell must pay $460,000 in restitution following a lawsuit Mayes filed last year. Mayes alleged the stores refused to check IDs and knowingly sold tobacco and nicotine products to underage buyers.
Under Arizona law, selling tobacco or nicotine products to anyone under 18 is illegal; federal law sets the minimum age at 21. Operation Counter Strike's enforcement work also carries financial stakes beyond the citations themselves: the program helps protect more than $50 million in annual federal funding for substance abuse and mental health services in Arizona, according to the AG's office.
Anyone who suspects a retailer in Yuma County or elsewhere in Arizona is selling tobacco or e-cigarettes to minors can file a complaint at azag.gov/consumer.
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