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Snus use in football: the threat of a new addiction?
journal contribution
posted on 2024-02-05, 15:06 authored by Daniel ReadDaniel Read, Sarah Carter, Phil Hopley, Karim Chamari, Lee TaylorLee TaylorThe use of Snus, an oral nicotine pouch, is becoming increasingly common in English professional football. As a nicotine product, Snus raises important questions about health and performance for practitioners. The purpose of this short communication is to explain the current regulatory status of Snus, performance related-effects, and associated health outcomes. Further, based on player statements and evidence from the general public, we argue that Snus is used as a coping mechanism to deal with the stressors of professional football. Accordingly, the communication concludes with guidance for club-level multidisciplinary interventions to support player welfare, aimed at reducing Snus use as well as future research recommendations.
History
School
- Loughborough University London
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Biology of SportVolume
41Issue
1Pages
201 - 205Publisher
Termedia Sp. z.o.o.Version
- VoR (Version of Record)
Rights holder
© Institute of Sport – National Research InstitutePublisher statement
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Termedia Sp. z.o.o. under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Acceptance date
2023-06-19Publication date
2023-07-24Copyright date
2023ISSN
0860-021XeISSN
2083-1862Publisher version
Language
- en