Hooked on Snus: How highly addictive nicotine pouches have become pro footballers' favourite pick-me-up - as doctor says one player stuffed 'EIGHT at once into his gums' ...

What is snus? Two different products are commonly referred to as snus. The first is a smokeless tobacco product that comes in ...

Snus is a tobacco product that comes in small parcels, similar to a teabag sachet, and is placed alongside the gum to release nicotine into the bloodstream. Users talk of it giving them a calming ...

May 29, 2024 at 2:17pm BST. Health experts are warning against the use of snus and nicotine pouches after it was revealed their use was prevalent among professional footballers.

Sweden is a few days from joining the select group of European countries that have banned smoking in restaurants and bars. But unlike Ireland, where the ban upset pub owners, or Italy, where cappuc… ...

A male snus user who has never smoked cuts his life expectancy by 0.2-0.5 years, and a female snus user cuts hers by 0.2-0.3 years when compared with people who have never used tobacco.

Snus is a porous pouch filled with a tobacco mixture that users stuff under their upper lip, where saliva releases the nicotine to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the thin skin of the gums.

“Both snus and nicotine patches are substantially addictive due to their nicotine content,” Goncalves says. They also contain “numerous other carcinogens that can increase the risk of ...

Both tobacco snus and nicotine pouches are highly addictive and offer a 'quicker' hit than traditional tobacco products because of the way they are consumed. Carolina Goncalves, superintendent ...