Judge Extends Injunction Against Bucks County Smoke Shop

BUCKINGHAM, PA — Following Wednesday's legal action that shut down sales of tobacco and kratom products to minors at Zaza Vape & Cigar, Inc. in Buckingham Township, a Bucks County judge on Thursday extended the preliminary injunction so that the strict prohibitions on the smoke shop remain in full force while the District Attorney’s Office proceeds with its lawsuit.

The order comes one day after District Attorney Joe Khan, joined by local leaders and law enforcement officers from the District Attorney’s Office and Buckingham Township, announced a major civil action outside the smoke shop on Durham Road in Buckingham.

The filing is believed to be the first time a District Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania has utilized a civil enforcement lawsuit under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law to target a smoke shop for predatory underage sales and deceptive business operations.

“As officials in Harrisburg and Washington debate how to regulate dangerous kratom-derived products, this is the kind of swift and decisive action that will protect our children today,” District Attorney Khan said. “Thanks to the court order, there is now at least one corner of Pennsylvania where kids are safe from kratom peddlers. As we continue our civil enforcement action against this company, we will be watching the store closely to ensure they are complying with the strict terms of this court order.”

Bucks County Common Pleas Court Judge James M. McMaster initially granted the emergency petition on Wednesday after prosecutors laid out an ongoing pattern of non-compliance in court filings.

Bucks County DA Joe Khan announces a historic civil suit against a Bucks County smoke shop for selling kratom producs to minors. (Bucks County DA's office)

While Pennsylvania’s average retail tobacco violation rate was 15.2 percent in 2025, Zaza Vape & Cigar maintained a 100 percent fail rate, making it the only one of Bucks County's 580 licensed tobacco retailers to fail every single youth compliance check since opening, the DA's office said.

Between July 2025 and August 2026, undercover operations documented five separate illegal tobacco sales to minors without ID checks. On August 12, eight days after a court conviction for selling tobacco to a minor, the store committed the same violation again, prosecutors said.

Undercover operations also revealed the shop deceptively sold Schedule I controlled substances, including THC-A vapes and marijuana pre-rolls that lab tests confirmed exceeded legal thresholds, which the store misleadingly marketed as legal hemp.

The filing also detailed how lax age enforcement lured minors to a store where consumers could buy addictive, opioid-like kratom products like 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH). This included kratom-infused chocolate bars, one of which was sold to an undercover 17-year-old on July 10 without an ID check.

The filing came two days after District Attorney Khan joined other Pennsylvania District Attorneys in urging the Secretary of Health to temporarily schedule kratom-derived products as Schedule I narcotics under Pennsylvania law.

Under the terms of the injunction extended today, the business is prohibited from selling tobacco or kratom to minors and is required to use digital ID card scanners for tobacco sales. The lawsuit seeks permanent injunctions, civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation ($3,000 for victims 60 or older), and a permanent ban on the sale of controlled substances and kratom.