Source of Evidence | Products |
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Report 19: Trends in Death Associated With Abuse of Volatile Substances 1971 - 2003 | Gas Fuels: lighter fuel, butane gas cans, domestic gas(bottled), propane gas cylinder, acetylene, unspecified butane
Aerosols: deodorant / antiperspirant, pain relief spray, air freshener, hair spray, cleaning fluids, insect spray, paint spray, aerosol glue, other aerosols.
Glues: contact adhesives, bicycle tyre repair glue, model glue, other glue.
Other: typewriter correction fluid, chloroform, dry cleaning fluids, petrol, plaster remover, domestic cleaning fluids, industrial solvents / degreasers, anaesthetic agents, carbon tetrachloride, paint thinners and strippers, alkyl nitrites, refrigerant gases, brake cleaner, ether, petroleum spirits (excl petrol), miscellaneous products. |
Volatile Substance Abuse: Know The Score (2003), Scottish Executive: Edinburgh | Cigarette lighter refills; disposable lighters containing butane; aerosols - deodorants, hairspray, paint spray, furniture products; pain-relieving spray, air freshener, fly spray, carpet cleaner; solvent-based adhesives; petrol; some typewriter correction fluids; nail varnish and nail varnish remover; dry-cleaning fluids; paint thinners and paint removers; UHT cream - whipped cream cans; dyes (for shoes); cleaning agents - degreasing materials, sticking plaster remover; Halon fire extinguishers (no longer sold but still in use in some public building). |
National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ( SAMHSA) 2005 | Glue, show polish, toluene, gasoline, lighter fluid, spray paints, correction fluid, degreaser, cleaning fluid, lacquer thinner or other paint solvents, aerosol sprays, amyl nitrite, poppers, room odorizers, "rush", butane, propane, nitrous oxide, whippets, halothane, ether or other anesthetics |
Inhalant Abuse by Adolescents | Propane: bottled gas
Butane: cigarette lighter fuel
Gasoline: automotive fuel
n-Hexane: model glues, rubber cement
Trichloroethylene: dry cleaning agents, degreasing agents, spot remover
Dichloromethane: paint stripper
Benzene: resins, lacquers, varnishes, gasoline
Toluene: adhesives, spray paint, glues, paint thinner
Xylene: wood glues, lacquer thinner
Diethyl ether: laboratory solvents
Acetone: nail polish remover
Butanone: adhesives, general solvent
Methyl n-butyl ketone ( MBK): various paints
Methyl isobutyl ketone ( MIBK): spray paint |
Re-solv - Parents Guide to Volatile Substance Abuse | Cigarette lighter fuel, aerosols, hair products, furniture polish, pain relieving spray, solvent based adhesives, petrol, typewriter correction fluid, nail varnish and remover, dry cleaning fluid, paint thinners, paint removers, halon ( BCF) fire extinguishers |
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Vol.30 Epidemiology of Volatile Substance Abuse ( VSA) Cases Reported to US Poison Centre | The top 5 categories of substances abused were: gasoline (41%), paint (13%), propane/butane (6%), air fresheners (6%) and formalin (5%). |
Adolescent Inhalant Abuse: Environment of Use | The 5 substances most frequently used as inhalants include: gasoline (57.4%), freon (40.45%), butane lighter fluid (38.3%), glue (29.8%) and nitrous oxide (23.4%) |