Evan Mills Smoke & Accessories and Its Owners Persistently Violated New York Laws and Endangered YouthCourt Order Fines Owners and Bans Them from Selling Flavored Vape Products
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office won a consent order and judgment against Evan Mills Smoke & Accessories, LLC, and Northwind26449, Inc. (Evan Mills Smoke Shop), two companies operating a vape shop in Jefferson County, and their owners for repeatedly violating state laws by selling flavored e-cigarettes and other misbranded drugs. The consent order bans the store’s owners from ever owning or operating any business that sells nicotine and/or tobacco products, including vapes. The owners must pay $50,000 in penalties and would be required to pay $3.81 million if they ever violate this consent order.“Smoke shop owners that are illegally selling candy-flavored vapes to young people are fueling the nationwide youth vaping epidemic,” said Attorney General James. “This consent order holds the owners of the Evan Mills Smoke Shop accountable and keeps them out of business for good to protect our youth. We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to protect young people from harmful e-cigarettes and other misbranded drugs.”
It is illegal to sell flavored vapor products containing nicotine at retail stores in New York. The owners of Evan Mills Smoke Shop, Ayoub Alharbi and Sameer Mohamod-Hizan Yahia, repeatedly violated the law and sold flavored e-cigarettes and other misbranded drugs, including kratom and nitrous oxide. In 2023, Attorney General James filed a lawsuit to permanently shut down the smoke shop.
The consent order secured by Attorney General James permanently shuts down Evan Mills Smoke Shop and requires the owners to forfeit products that were seized, including over 3,300 flavored nicotine vape products, 60 boxes of nitrous oxide, 577 packages of THC vapes, 617 packages of THC or Delta-8 edibles and tinctures, 35 packages of sativa cannabis, 232 packages of psilocybin mushroom bars, 62 packages of kratom, and hundreds of miscellaneous misbranded drugs.
Attorney General James thanks Fort Drum Military Police for their assistance on this matter.
“Smoke shop owners that are illegally selling candy-flavored vapes to young people are fueling the nationwide youth vaping epidemic,” said Attorney General James. “This consent order holds the owners of the Evan Mills Smoke Shop accountable and keeps them out of business for good to protect our youth. We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to protect young people from harmful e-cigarettes and other misbranded drugs.”
It is illegal to sell flavored vapor products containing nicotine at retail stores in New York. The owners of Evan Mills Smoke Shop, Ayoub Alharbi and Sameer Mohamod-Hizan Yahia, repeatedly violated the law and sold flavored e-cigarettes and other misbranded drugs, including kratom and nitrous oxide. In 2023, Attorney General James filed a lawsuit to permanently shut down the smoke shop.
The consent order secured by Attorney General James permanently shuts down Evan Mills Smoke Shop and requires the owners to forfeit products that were seized, including over 3,300 flavored nicotine vape products, 60 boxes of nitrous oxide, 577 packages of THC vapes, 617 packages of THC or Delta-8 edibles and tinctures, 35 packages of sativa cannabis, 232 packages of psilocybin mushroom bars, 62 packages of kratom, and hundreds of miscellaneous misbranded drugs.
Attorney General James thanks Fort Drum Military Police for their assistance on this matter.
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