New York Retailers Begin ID Checks for Whipped Cream Sales

This illustration photograph shows capsules of nitrous oxide, also called "laughing gas," displayed on a table in Lille, France, on May 10, 2022. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images

Stores in New York have begun to require ID checks for whipped cream as retailers comply with a 2021 law banning sales to people under 21, according to reports.

New York state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Queens) sponsored the legislation, which became law in November last year. Addabbo said his constituents were reporting nitrous oxide abuse and communities littered with empty whipped cream canisters.