Types Of Products Inhaled Currently, more than 1,400 products exist for inhalant abusers. Basically, inhalant abusers look for any substance manufactured in an aerosol can or a product containing chemicals or vapors. Methods of Inhaling Inhaling defines any person intentionally breathing gas or vapors through their mouth or nose to achieve a high. The abuser will spray fumes on a piece of cloth, insert the cloth into a bag, then place the bag over their head, ultimately creating a more concentrated, but deadlier high. Inhaling, regardless if it's huffing, sniffing or bagging, often produces fatal results.
Many adolescents die the first time they huff, bag or sniff.
SSDS can kill an inhaler the first time they experiment with inhalants, or it can strike on the 100th time of abuse. Nobody can predict when or if SSDS will occur. True to its name, it causes sudden death. Abusers are basically playing Russian Roulette with chemicals and vapors. Breath that smells like chemicals, paint stains around the mouth or nose and rash or sores around the mouth.