A "loving" teenager has died after taking part in a dangerous social media trend.

Tiegan Jarman, who lived in Thurmaston, Leicestershire, was found unresponsive in her bedroom on March 6.

Emergency services were called to her home and attempted to resuscitate her, but the 13-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tiegan’s family told LeicestershireLive that her death came as a result of an online trend called chroming - a form of solvent abuse. The social media trend involves inhaling toxic fumes from common household items to get a temporary buzz.

Her stepdad, Rob Hopkin, said: “We are not too sure if she had [tried chroming] before as there is no way of tracing it. When it happened she had used at least one can of deodorant."

He added: "It has been devastating for the whole family and our lives will never be the same again.”

Tiegan was living with her dad, Paul Jarman, at the time of her death. He said of his daughter: “She was the most loving, daring girl ever. She was warm, she was funny, she was quirky. She had a great laugh - and she made me laugh. 

"My life was twisted upside down when she died, and I have to keep strong and carry on. She used to always call me Pookie. It’s just the funny little stuff."

Tiegan Jarman with her dad, Paul.

The 13-year-old's family are now hoping to spread awareness of the dangers of social media. Rob said: "It's hard to feel angry in a strange way because it's not one individual that has caused this.

“We believe that the social media sites should be better at controlling what's shown on their sites. They seem to be able to control certain things like pornography, but do not seem that bothered about the trends that can kill instantly.”

Tiegan had three siblings, Brogan, 24, Callum, 17, and a sister Alisha, 18, and four step siblings. Alisha has now started an online petition which she hopes will get the dangers surrounding certain social media trends highlighted as part of a mandatory program taught in schools.

Titled ‘Enforce warnings on solvent products and educate on risks’ on the Change.org website, the petition also hopes to see products that bear risk feature more prominent warning labels regarding misuse.

Rob explained: “What we all want from the petition Alisha set up is for the warnings on solvents to be more visible, and for it to become the law on deodorant cans to warn specifically about the danger of inhaling.

“Also we would like the dangers of social media and trends - not just chroming but other ones like the black-out challenge - to be taught in schools as a proper subject; not just glossed over.”