Chroming, or getting high via inhaling hydrocarbons by misusing a variety of legal products, is trending among adolescents, and it sometimes ends in death.

Though the term chroming might be new, sniffing run-of-the-mill items for their temporary hallucinatory effects has long been popular with younger people. “It’s been called huffing, puffing ...

Chroming is the act of inhaling toxic fumes from household items – think nail polish, aerosol deodorant, and markers. When Millennials were kids, they were probably more likely to be warned ...

Chroming has a broader definition, but the name arose from the act of sniffing chrome-based paint or deodorant can as a means to get high, according to the National Retail Association.

“Chroming” can cause slurred speech, hallucinations, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other serious adverse side effects like heart attacks, seizures, suffocation or death.

Chroming is the inhalation of toxic substances as recreational drugs, according to the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. Toxic chemicals can include aerosol cans, paint, solvent, permanent ...

Chroming, which appears to be an evolution of a decades-old trend of huffing or sniffing, involves the participant sniffing anything from aerosol cans to metallic paints, gas and solvents.

A family in Lancaster, U.K. is mourning the loss of 11-year-old Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington, who died after participating in a "chroming" trend challenge.

For the younger generation, “chroming” is the new huffing. The dangerous practice is a means of getting high via inhaling hydrocarbons by misusing a variety of legal products, including ...