Remover, glue, and other household products. Substances commonly used by inhalant abusers fall into several categories:Īs those found in paint thinner, gasoline, felt-tip markers, nail polish Further, inhalant users usually begin smoking, usingĪlcohol, and using other drugs at younger ages and display a higher lifetime prevalence of substance-use disorders than those who do not use inhalants. Result in personality changes, diminished cognitive functioning, Sometimes irreversible damage to the user's heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, and brain. Related to huffing include asphyxiation, aspiration, or suffocation.Ĭhronic inhalant abuse may result in serious and The first time of use or after prolonged inhalant abuse.
Sudden cardiac death from fatal cardiac arrhythmias hasīeen reported even in teen inhalant abusers. To the brain and other organs or even death. More serious consequences can include permanent damage Long-term inhalant abusers can suffer damaging health consequences including Initial symptoms described by abusers who were "huffing" include Inhalants produce an effect that may be similar to alcohol In 2011, 7% ofĮighth graders reported inhalant use, along with 4.5% of 10th graders and 3.2% of 12th graders. Although inhalant abuse is declining from its peak in the 1990s, it is still a significant problem. The 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) revealed that the primary population of inhalant abusers (68%) is under 18 years of age.
A wide variety of substances, including many common household products, are abused by inhalers (see list below). Inhalant abuse (commonly called "huffing") is the intentional inhalation of chemical vapors to attain a mental "high" or euphoric effect. Then, as now, the product Dust-Off itself was not the source of the problem it is only one example of hundreds of common household products with the potential to be abused by inhalant abusers. Reports in 2005 about teens dying after inhaling the chemical difluoroethane from a popular computer-cleaning spray known as Dust-Off called widespread attention to the practice of
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