smelling salts
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Football leans on tradition, providing convenient cover for the NFL’s lenient stance on smelling salts, ammonia crystals that players believe enhance performance when inhaled.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
“The use of smelling salts in sports is definitely not their intended use,” Dr. Laura Boxley, a neuropsychologist at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, told NPR.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
However, in a memo to their teams, obtained by the Associated Press,, external the NFL warned smelling salts also "have the potential to mask certain neurological signs and symptoms, including some potential signs of concussion".
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
There are no explicit rules about the use of smelling salts by players before they undergo the assessment.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025
That roused her quicker than even the smelliest smelling salts could have, and she chased the twins ’round the room while screaming, “Mama! Mama!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
