It is chiefly applied for recreational use, when it is also referred to as alcohol smoking, but it has medical applications for testing on laboratory rats, and treatment of pulmonary edema and viral pneumonia.
[1] AWOL, created by British businessman Dominic Simler,[1] was first introduced in Asia and Europe and then in United States in August 2004.
Although the AWOL machine is marketed as having no downsides, such as the lack of calories or hangovers, Amanda Shaffer of Slate describes these claims as "dubious at best".
[6] Some people attempt inhaling alcohol fumes from any container, including emptied bag-in-box wine bags.
While these bags may only contain a residual amount of alcohol, inhaling the concentrated fumes can lead to rapid intoxication, even at low volumes.
[7][1] Inhalation of vapor obtained by nebulization of water and ethanol in oxygen has been used in treatment of pulmonary edema in humans.