{"id":8204,"date":"2026-04-22T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/8204\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:15:16","slug":"french-activists-sue-deceptive-laughing-gas-suppliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/8204\/","title":{"rendered":"French activists sue \u2018deceptive\u2019 laughing gas suppliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A French campaign group said on Wednesday it has sued companies selling nitrous oxide \u2013 also known as laughing gas \u2013 using what the activists alleged was \u201cdeceptive\u201d marketing targeting young people, despite the health impacts.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Antoine Alleno Association \u2013 a road safety group headed by Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno, whose son was killed in 2022 by a speeding driver \u2013 said it had filed the legal action against the companies behind Cream Deluxe, which markets colourful canisters of the gas as the \u201ckey to an unforgettable evening\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The suit will allow the group to \u201cgo after\u201d those \u201cusing deceptive forms of communication aimed at young people\u201d, Alleno said<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Nitrous oxide \u201chas significant public-health impacts: young people lose the ability to move, there are burns and accidents\u201d, Alleno said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The substance was implicated in over 450 serious road accidents in France last year, a number that has multiplied by 40 in six years, according to French drivers\u2019 advocacy group 40 Million Motorists.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Antoine Alleno Association \u2013 a road safety group headed by Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno (above), whose son was killed in 2022 by a speeding driver \u2013 filed the legal action against the companies that market colourful canisters of the gas as the \u201ckey to an unforgettable evening\u201d. Photo: Nicolas Lobbestael\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ab9b647c-07f8-4acf-ab3a-bb2e4e9da921_38287bd6.jpg\" title=\"The Antoine Alleno Association \u2013 a road safety group headed by Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno (above), whose son was killed in 2022 by a speeding driver \u2013 filed the legal action against the companies that market colourful canisters of the gas as the \u201ckey to an unforgettable evening\u201d. Photo: Nicolas Lobbestael\"\/>The Antoine Alleno Association \u2013 a road safety group headed by Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno (above), whose son was killed in 2022 by a speeding driver \u2013 filed the legal action against the companies that market colourful canisters of the gas as the \u201ckey to an unforgettable evening\u201d. Photo: Nicolas Lobbestael<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the case alleging dishonest trade practices before a Paris court, Alleno\u2019s association is seeking a ban on the Chinese and Polish companies behind Cream Deluxe from operating in France, as well as legal costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A French campaign group said on Wednesday it has sued companies selling nitrous oxide \u2013 also known as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6631,6633,5,6632,6630,30,6634,6629,6635],"class_list":{"0":"post-8204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-antoine-alleno-association","9":"tag-cream-deluxe","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-ivm-firma-handlowa","12":"tag-nitrous-oxide","13":"tag-paris","14":"tag-squadra","15":"tag-yannick-alleno","16":"tag-zhuzhou-xingye-chemical"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}