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Council approves first reading of tighter tobacco-retailer rules; nitrous oxide sales restricted at many shops
Summary
Grass Valley city leaders approved the first reading of an ordinance tightening tobacco‑retailer rules and restricting many retail sales of nitrous oxide, citing youth vaping and medical reports of neurological harm.
At the council's first reading the council approved an ordinance amendment tightening the city's tobacco-retailer rules and adding restrictions on retail sales of nitrous oxide canisters commonly abused recreationally.
Officer Zach Laferriere, the police department presenter, told the council the update addresses several developments since the code's 2009 inception: a youth vaping rise, flavored product workarounds and new chemical analogs designed to evade regulation. "Tobacco use ... remains one of the leading causes of preventable deaths globally," Laferriere said. He outlined…
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