smelling salts
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Earlier this season, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that 49ers players created a system to make sure everyone has immediate access to smelling salts during games.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
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 NFL came to his rescue, saying smelling salts — also known as ammonia inhalants, or AIs — were not banned.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
During half-time of the first British and Irish Lions' Test against Australia last month, Lions flanker Tadhg Beirne was shown inhaling smelling salts as the rest of the team huddled up.
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
