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 ...

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 smokeless ...

Smoking is on the decline, and this is great news for public health. According to the American Lung Association, long-term smoking rates among adults have fallen by a massive 73% from 1965 to 2022 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sweden met its target of becoming smoke-free in 2025 with less than 5% of the population smoking cigarettes daily, though a quarter of the population still used nicotine daily in some form, such as ...

On an autumn afternoon in Stockholm’s trendy Södermalm neighborhood, the terraces are brimming with locals sipping coffee, wine and beer. But instead of ashtrays or lighters, tables are scattered with ...

Snus in the news. Massachusetts legislators are considering legislation (S.1568/H.2562) that, if it becomes law, will make Massachusetts the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco ...

Trendy nicotine pouch use has soared among young people despite fears they could raise the risk of a raft of serious health problems including cancers and heart disease. One in 25 Gen Z's have now ...

Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly – and is consequently considered "smoke-free".