Glue sniffing

Japanese: glue sniffing(英語表記)gluesniffing
Glue sniffing

... As for inhalation of volatile organic solvents, cases caused by habitual inhalation of benzene vapor were reported in 1900, but it became explosively prevalent after World War II. Paint thinner inhalation was widespread in Sweden in 1947, gasoline inhalation in the UK and the US in the 1940s and 1950s, and inhalation of plastic model glue (known as glue sniffing) in the US from 1960 to 1963. In Japan, paint thinner vapor inhalation became popular among young people in the late 1960s as so-called "paint thinner play," and by 1968, more than 20,000 boys had been taken into custody for paint thinner abuse, with 110 deaths. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "glue sniffing" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 揮発性有機溶剤吸入については,1900年にベンゼン蒸気を習慣的に吸入したことによる症例が報告されているが,爆発的に流行したのは第2次大戦後である。1947年にスウェーデンでシンナー吸入,1940~50年代に英米でガソリン吸入,1960~63年にアメリカでプラモデル用接着剤吸入(これをglue sniffingといった)が大流行した。日本では1960年代後半からシンナー蒸気吸入がいわゆる〈シンナー遊び〉として青少年の間に流行し,68年にはシンナー乱用によって補導された少年は2万人余,死者110人にのぼった。…

※「glue sniffing」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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