What if you didn’t smoke cigarettes, but you used snus instead? Would you be better off? Snus -- pronounced "snoose," like “loose” -- is a smokeless, moist powder tobacco pouch from Sweden that you ...

Whether the product is a traditional snus or a tobacco-free nicotine pouch, nicotine is absorbed directly through the oral mucosa when the product is placed between the upper lip and gums. Although ...

If you spend any amount of time in Norway, you’re likely to come across snus, but what is it and why is it more popular among Norwegians than another common habit? In Norway, more people use snus ...

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 ...

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Use of the moist oral snuff product known as snus was not associated with a greater risk for pancreatic cancer in a pooled analysis of nine prospective studies involving more than 400,000 men. The ...

France’s April 2026 decree bans the sale, possession, import and use of nicotine pouches, with penalties reaching five years ...

As statistics have suggested, most of us are no longer smoking cigarettes, right? And while many of us are reaching for vapes, many flavours are facing an imminent ban and some slightly worrying ...

A habit that is worrying health authorities in Sweden where increasing numbers of teenagers are taking what’s known as “snus” is also concerning football authorities in England where one-fifth of ...

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 ...