Club-goers have been warned of the dangers of inhaling vaporised vodka from balloons.
The potent alcoholic mist which enters the blood stream quicker than normal alcohol , and Andrew Misell of Alcohol Change fears that there are high risks.
He told the The Mirror: “Alcohol entering your lungs will go straight into your bloodstream and so you could become very drunk very quickly, which could put you at all kinds of risk – for example, from alcohol poisoning.”
In the The Gallery nightclub in Kent a bottle of flavoured Ciroc vodka was vaporised and dispenses it into balloons.
The machines – prices range from £4,100 to £6,500 – are supplied by American company Vapshot and the substance is legal to sell under UK law.
It follows the trend of inhaling nitrous oxide, known as hippy crack or laughing gas.
One 18-year-old told the Mirror: “They get you completely f****d, I’ve had four already. The first taste is really overpowering, it tastes so strong and pretty gross but you get used to it.
“It’s like drinking normally except it works even quicker, plus it’s fun to have it in a different way. If you can’t get completely hammered on results day, when can you? I love it.”
