Inhalant use initiation among U.S. adolescents: Evidence from the National Survey of Parents and Youth using discrete-time survival analysis

► Present the hazard of inhalant initiation among adolescents ages 9 to 18. ► Parental drug use risk factor for inhalant initiation. ► Parental monitoring associated with (protective) inhalant initiation. ► Problem behaviors and sensation seeking associated with inhalant use.