Consider initiating a comprehensive review of regulations related to smoking and nitrous oxide, including the sale, distribution, and use of flavored tobacco products and nitrous oxide. This review should include, but not be limited to: (1) a potential amendment to the Municipal Code to address the sale, distribution, and use of flavored tobacco and nitrous oxide; and (2) the initiation of amendments to the Zoning Code and Local Coastal Program to evaluate potential modifications to zoning designations and regulations pertaining to smoke shops, smoking lounges, and other smoke-related businesses in Newport Beach, as well as the adoption of a temporary moratorium on the establishment of new smoke shops pending the outcome of this review (submitted by Mayor Pro Tem Kleiman).

Committee

City Council

Introduced

August 25, 2025

On agenda

September 9, 2025

Where it was heard

City Council Sep 9, 2025

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