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Fortuna council directs city manager to draft total ban on recreational nitrous oxide and consider tobacco retail licensing
Summary
After a county-funded retail study found nitrous oxide products sold in local smoke shops and public commenters raised safety concerns, Fortuna's council unanimously directed the city manager to return with an ordinance banning recreational nitrous oxide sales and a tobacco retail licensing ordinance.
The Fortuna City Council on Oct. 2025 directed the city manager to return with a proposed ordinance implementing a complete ban on recreational nitrous oxide sales and with a tobacco retail licensing ordinance. The direction followed a study session led by Humboldt County public health staff that presented retail observations and data about nitrous oxide and commercial tobacco availability.
Public health presenters Brianna Sherlock (Healthy Communities manager, Humboldt County Public Health), Katie Jo Slaughter (Humboldt County Substance Use Prevention Coordinator), and Jay Macedo (Partnership for Health and Equity and Inclusion) described retail observations and health data. They said county staff conducted…
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