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 ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snus is clearly linked to damage to the gums. The connection to tooth decay, however, remains unclear, according to a systematic review published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. When it comes to ...

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 ...

Swedish Match can advertise General snus products as less harmful than smoking cigarettes, FDA says. This marks the first time a tobacco company can make such a claim. A number of tobacco companies ...