Generic and Specific Inhalant Use Questions The 1988 and 1990 Texas School survey contained two types of questions about inhalants. inhalant made reference to the “Specific questions” products that youth sniff, huff or inhale to get high, such many as, “How times have you ever sniffed glue in order to get Ten specific high?” inhalant use questions queried lifetime use of liquid or spray paint, correction fluid, gasoline, freon, poppers (locker room, rush, medusa, whippets, CO2), spray shoe shine, glue, paint (lacquer) thinner or toluene, other sprays (cooking oil sprays, hairspray), and other inhalants (Figure A1). These questions allow comparisons of use between commonly abused inhalants. Fig A1 "About how many LIQUID OR SPRAY PAINT SHOE SHINE, TEXAS SHINE times (if any) have you ever All sniffed, huffed, or inhaled Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 8 the following inhalants Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 9 for "kicks" or to get Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 11 "high"?, Grade 11 Grade 12 Grade 12 1990 All CORRECTION FLUID, LIQUID PAPER GLUE All All Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 11 Grade 12 Grade 12 GASOLINE PAINT THINNER, TOLUENE, OTHER SOLVENTS All All Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 11 Grade 12 Grade 12 FREON OTHER SPRAYS (PAM, HAIR SPRAY, ETC.) All All Grade 7 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 11 Grade 12 Grade 12 POPPERS, LOCKER ROOM, RUSH, MEDUSA, WHIPPETS, CO2 OTHER INHALANTS All Grade 7 All Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 9 Grade 8 Grade 10 Grade 9 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 12
Generic and Specific Inhalant Use Questions The 1988 and 1990 Texas School survey contained two types of questions about inhalants. “Specific inhalant questions” made reference to the products that youth sniff, huff or inhale to get high, such as, “How many times have you ever sniffed glue in order to get high?” Ten specific inhalant use questions queried lifetime use of liquid or spray paint, correction fluid, gasoline, freon, poppers (locker room, rush, medusa, whippets, CO2), spray shoe shine, glue, paint (lacquer) thinner or toluene, other sprays (cooking oil sprays, hairspray), and other inhalants (Figure A1). These questions allow comparisons of use between commonly abused inhalants. LIQUID OR SPRAY PAINT SHOE SHINE, TEXAS SHINE Fig A1 "About how many times (if any) have you ever All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 sniffed, huffed, or inhaled the following inhalants for "kicks" or to get "high"?, 1990 CORRECTION FLUID, LIQUID PAPER GLUE All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 GASOLINE PAINT THINNER, TOLUENE, OTHER SOLVENTS All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 FREON OTHER SPRAYS (PAM, HAIR SPRAY, ETC.) All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 POPPERS, LOCKER ROOM, RUSH, MEDUSA, WHIPPETS, CO2 OTHER INHALANTS All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 All Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12