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Huffing 2011: Have the Conversation

Do you have a felt-tip marker, deodorant spray, air freshener, or container of paint thinner in your home? How about gasoline, glue, or hair spray? Do you use compressed air to clean your computer or spray your frying pan with oil before cooking?

"Of course" is the usual reply. When used appropriately, these items allow us to accomplish a variety of routine daily tasks.

Sadly, these inexpensive and readily obtainable items are also used by young teens to get high by "huffing." This practice involves the deliberate inhaling of chemical vapor products, such as those listed above, in order to obtain a rapid buzz that resembles alcohol intoxication. 

Unfortunately, even one-time experimentation may disrupt heart rhythms, lower oxygen levels, and lead to heart failure and death.

We can't hide these substances from our kids, but we can become knowledgeable about inhalants and have parent-child conversations about the attraction and dangers of huffing.

Young Teens Most at Risk

Recent studies estimate that nearly one of every ten adolescents age 12 or older has misused an inhalant sometime during his or her life and that on any given day, approximately 44,000 teens are likely to experiment with this harmful practice.*

Most at risk are our youngest teens and older pre-teens.

Significant rates of huffing occur as early as fourth grade, and deaths resulting from this practice have been reported for 10-year-olds. One study found that nearly 7 percent of 12-year-olds have already used an inhalant to get high.

This rate of experimentation is higher than the use of cigarettes, marijuana, hallucinogens, and cocaine for this age group. Only alcohol had a higher rate of use.**

There is no reason to suspect that these figures are significantly different in South Brunswick. 

What Is Huffing?

Huffing is the practice of inhaling fumes and vapors through the nose or mouth in order to get a quick high.

The youth may sniff or snort fumes from a container, spray aerosols directly into his mouth or nose, or place a chemically soaked rag in her mouth. He or she can also choose to inhale vapors by using a balloon, paper bag, or plastic bag.

Because the inhalant "high" only lasts a few minutes, users find themselves repeating the process, often in a short period of time.

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