According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction report, more teens died from sniffing glue, lighter fluid, and other solvents than from taking ecstasy or other drugs.

The report further stated that the use of solvents and inhalants ranks third among the most common substance used by 15- and 16-year-olds, after alcohol and cannabis.

Over the past decade, the report found, drug use among young people in the 15 European Union member states has risen steadily.

"Some 1,700 deaths related to such substances were recorded among young people in the United Kingdom alone between 1983 and 2000," the report said. "This suggests that, despite the high profile given to deaths associated with ecstasy and other controlled drugs, solvent use might be a greater acute health risk for young people."

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