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Why children are addicted to sniffing ?

The habit of sniffing is old dated. In ancient times people were in habit of sniffing of   Eetter( इतर   ) ( a kind of perfume),    burning spices( अगरबती ) ,   clay, mud, leaves of organic plants,   even human bodies and all type of such inhaling was harmless.      It is a matter of surprise that all these solvents were used frequently even in religious ceremonies.   It is in our culture to perform religious ceremonies as per traditions adopted from ages. But it was difficult in ancient times to find out the reasons as to why an individual is feeling so high after sniffing a particular fume. Even the sticks of Aggerbati अगरबती and   Dhoop धूप also emanate such adore which affect the stimulant elements of human bodies. In older times even adults were seen sniffing something. It was a kind of powder a pinch of which was snuffled by an adult at frequent intervals It is called Snuff ( नसवार  ). Even today this ( नस...