Duster Inhalation Prevention Act

Key Points

• The bill aims to stop people from inhaling compressed air dusters to get high, a practice sometimes called huffing, by regulating the chemicals used in these products.
• The Consumer Product Safety Commission would have to officially label two common propellant chemicals, HFC-152a and HFC-134a, as hazardous substances.
• Any duster product containing more than 18 mg of these chemicals would become an illegal, banned hazardous substance, effectively outlawing most current formulations.
• Manufacturers would be blocked from ramping up production above 105 percent of their normal output before the ban takes effect, so they cannot stockpile cans to sell later.
• The Commission could add other chemicals to the hazardous list in the future if people start misusing different propellants to get high.
• The bill does not apply to any product already regulated as a drug by the Food and Drug Administration.