Alcohol ‘snorting’ attacked

A NEW craze for inhaling alcohol was yesterday attacked by medical experts as a potential danger that could cause brain damage.

Drinks including vodka and absinthe can be “snorted” into the nose or inhaled into the mouth through an Alcohol Without Liquid (AWOL) vaporiser.

The inventor of the machine, Dominic Simler, claims this reduces the effects of a hangover.

But Professor Oliver James, head of clinical medical sciences at Newcastle University, said: “By snorting the alcohol it can go directly into the brain without being filtered by the liver. This could do irreversible damage to nerves.”