Plea after girl, 13, died copying social media trend

Children must be warned of the dangers of solvent abuse, according to the mother of a girl who died while copying a worrible social media trend. Sonia Hopkin was heartbroken after her 13-year-old daughter, Tiegan Jarman, was discovered dead in her bedroom in Thurmaston, Leicestershire, on March 6, she was found unresponsive in Mrs Hopkin said she died while participating in a chroming trend on tikTok, ripping clips she had seen on TikToK. A petition has been launched calling for compulsory lessons on solvent abuse in schools.

Tiegan was declared dead on the scene, according to Mrs Hopkin, who lives in Leicester, after she was discovered unconscious in her father's house. The 45-year-old believes her outgoing and funny daughter was participating in a trend among people who sniff or inhale toxic fumes, which she had seen on TikTok.

'The worst nightmare'

Mrs Hopkin, a Leicester Royal Infirmary healthcare assistant, said she had burst tears when she found out what had happened to her daughter.

You always think it's someone else's family, not your own,

she said of other news in the papers.

It's just the worst nightmare. I was devastated and I've been like this ever since.

Mr Hopkin now wants to raise concerns of the

dangers of this tragic trend. The petition also calls for legislation requiring manufacturers to include warnings on their packaging in addition to calling for information about solvent use.

We're hoping it can be taught in schools, not just the risks of household chemicals, but also the dangers of the internet.

We just want people to be aware so no one else has to go through this horrible tragedy.

Mrs Hopkin has also urged TikTok to do more to avoid certain behaviors, such as chroming, from becoming popular. It's amazing that these videos aren't taken down, she said.

I can't understand why anyone would want to post that kind of garbage.

One video will be bad, but the fact that it has become a trend is amazing. It shouldn't be available on the internet. The British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association said that the products must already have several warning labels on packaging, but that a new warning using better words will be released in 2026.

We are deeply distraught by this tragic incident, and our thoughts are with the family,

a TikTok spokesperson said.

On TikTok, content that promotes dangerous challenges is not allowed,

the company says, and we've proactively deleted 99. Before they were reported to us, 8% of videos that breached our policies on this topic were discovered to us.