Professional football’s complicated relationship with tobacco pouches and snus is back in the limelight after the release of a study commissioned by the Professional Footballers’ Association. The ...

One afternoon two seasons ago, an EFL manager was tidying a locker during the players’ warm-up when, underneath a pile of socks and shorts, he found a tin of something he did not recognise. The kit ...

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello! Why are so many top players using nicotine pouches? We’re ...

A report commissioned by the Professional Footballers Association has revealed the shock numbers of players using snus or nicotine pouches. The survey was conducted amid the growing use of such ...

Experts are warning of the dangers of an addictive tobacco product that has been found to be prevalent among professional ...

Snus users who stopped using snus experienced higher blood pressure and gained weight. This has been shown by a research group at Linköping University, Sweden, in a study on 33 people, published in ...

Painful inflammation that takes months or up to a year to heal – this can be seen in the mouth after using white snus. Researchers in oral medicine at the University of Gothenburg will now look more ...

People who use snus run twice the risk of developing alcohol dependency compared with non-users, and the more one uses snus, the higher the risk. This has been found in a study from Umeå University ...