• Gasoline

• Kerosene

• Lighter fluid

• Glue

• Cleaning products

• Antifreeze

• Paints

• Nail polish remover

What does sniffing do to people?

When people sniff inhalants, they might look and feel drunk.

For a short time, they feel “high”.

After that, they get sleepy for an hour or two.

Some people may do it more than once,

so they stay high for longer.

When someone sniffs a lot, they can:

• have trouble talking or slur their words

• become clumsy

• do things they wouldn’t normally do

• feel sleepy or move slowly

• feel dizzy or have blurry vision

• become nervous or upset

• not know where they are

• see things that aren’t really there

• believe things that aren’t true, for example that they can fly

• feel sick and throw up

• have pains in their head, chest, or stomach

• become violent

Trouble talking

Sleeply and moving slowly

Nervous and upset

Feel pain

Why is sniffing harmful?

Sniffing can be dangerous in many ways.

You can get burnt because the substances that people sniff catch fire easily.

You can also suffocate. This happens when people put inhalants in a bag to sniff them.

Sometimes,sniffing can even kill you.

A pregnant woman should not sniff inhalants.
It can damage or kill her baby.

You can suffotate

Sniffing is even more dangerous if you use other drugs, for example, alcohol or sleeping pills.

Sniffing can badly harm or even kill you.

Sniffing with alcohol is
even more dangerous!