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Yes. Citric acid in powder form is a collection of very tiny crystals that if insufflated, will tear up the lining of your nostrils, throat and lungs. The crystals will also get lodged in your sinuses and the acid and crystals will severely irritate them, causing sinusitis, not to mention possibly causing pneumonitis. In the worst case, the pneumonitis will occlude airways and sacks inside your lungs causing respiratory impairment and pulmonary fibrosis which in severe cases can cause death by complete respiratory failure or heart failure secondary to pulmonary hypertension from hypoxia.

It is never smart to insufflate any crystalline substance or acid, no matter how weak.

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