Nearly one in five professional footballers use snus or nicotine pouches, a new study from The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) and Loughborough University has found. Snus is a ...

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 ...

Relaxation benefits after a game or training were quoted by 41% of male players and 64% of female footballers. Leicester striker Jamie Vardy admitted using snus in his autobiography to help him ...

A study commissioned by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has found that one in five top-level players were using snus, nicotine pouches or both. The research project took data from ...

Data from 628 male players in the Premier League and English Football League as well as 51 players from the Women's Super League, found one fifth were active users.. Snus technically refers to ...

The Football Association’s position is that, while it cannot stop a player using from it, the England manager, Gareth Southgate, and his staff would counsel against it if the issue came up.

What is snus and why are footballers using it? A recent survey found that one in five male and female professional players are currently using snus, nicotine pouches or both. Ben Fleming.

The Professional Footballers Association is a trade union for English and Welsh players A study into the use of tobacco product Snus in football will be made by the Professional Footballers ...

Premier League footballers use snus as they see advantages in its effects. The calming impact is important for professional athletes and if a stronger variant is taken, snus is shown to cause a ...

Jamie Vardy pictured in 2016 holding either snus or nicotine pouches Credit: Fame Flynet. The rise of nicotine use in football shocked fans earlier this year after a survey found one in five ...

Continual use of any nicotine substance can lead to nicotine poisoning and snus use has been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, oesophageal cancer and pre-term birth.