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As the 2025 NFL season creeps closer, the league has made a change that not everyone's happy with
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I'll just let 49ers tight end George Kittle tell it, since he's the one that first broke the news Tuesday
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George, hello friend, how are you? I honestly just came up here to air a grievance. Our team got a memo today that smelling salts and ammonia packets were made illegal in the NFL
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Wow. And I've been distraught all day. Are you illegal? Yeah, he even said he's not practicing anymore
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I considered retirement. Yeah, so they got to go ahead and bring that back for George Kittle
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Yeah, so we got to figure out the middle ground here, guys. The NFL later released an announcement about the ban on using them during games
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saying smelling salts are not proven to be safe and they can mask the signs of a concussion
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Some athletes, not just football players, use smelling salts, also known as ammonia inhalants, or AIs
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as a stimulant to help clear their head and get them amped up for games
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since they're known to trigger the body's fight or flight reflex. In its memo, the NFL linked its decision to a 2024 FDA report warning consumers not to use the products due to the lack of evidence supporting the safety or efficacy of AIs marked for improving mental alertness or boosting energy
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The NFL also said its head, neck and spine committee had recommended the ban
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