Monterey Co.: Recreational Oxygen Co. Settles With District Attorneys Over False Advertising Allegations

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The Monterey County District Attorney's Office and two other county prosecutors reached a settlement this week with a recreational oxygen selling company that claimed to alleviate health problems.

Boost Oxygen, LLC, also known as Boost, is a company based in Connecticut that sells canisters of recreational oxygen online and in stores, District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni said Thursday.

"For years, the company advertised that its products could alleviate physical ailments and conditions such as altitude sickness," Pacioni's office said.

District attorneys in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties joined in on the suit, alleging that Boost said its product was 95% pure, something prosecutors said was false or unsupported by any evidence.

In a stipulated judgment entered in a Ventura County court requires Boost to pay $330,000 in civil penalties and $83,000 in costs, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said. Boost is also prohibited from making claims that violate the false advertising law, including claims that is product can treat or assist in the cure of acute mountain sickness, altitude sickness, or any related medical illnesses; illness resulting from smoke inhalation or pollution, allergies or allergic reactions; shortness of breath due to COVID-19, the flu or other respiratory viruses; or a person's ability to drive at night or long distances.

Boost cooperated with the investigation, prosecutors said.

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