An 11-year-old boy in the United Kingdom died from cardiac arrest after attempting the “chroming” TikTok challenge, according to the child’s family.
Tommie-Lee Gracie Billington went into cardiac arrest and was found unresponsive at a friend’s home in Lancaster around 12 p.m. on March 2, according to the Times of London.
The boy was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
The boy’s grandmother, Tina Burns, explained, “He died instantly after a sleepover at a friend’s house. The boys had tried the TikTok craze ‘chroming.’ Tommie-Lee went into cardiac arrest immediately and died right there and then. The hospital did everything to try and bring him back, but nothing worked. He was gone.”
The distraught grandmother added, “He had a heart of gold just like his dad. Our family is utterly devastated.”
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center defines chroming as: “The inhalation of aerosol paint and other chemical products in an attempt to get high.”
“Hydrocarbons are present in many different household products, including aerosol paint, paint thinner, motor fuel, and glue,” the hospital warns. “Inhaling them can create a high, which causes many people to use them as a drug of abuse. People may inhale the chemicals in different ways — breathing in the fumes directly or using something like a bag or…
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