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49ers Still Using Smelling Salts Despite NFL Rule Change

Smelling salts aren’t supposed to be team-issued anymore, but players keep using them anyway, especially in San Francisco. The NFL barred clubs from providing ammonia inhalants after an FDA warning, but players can still bring their own. George Kittle, who joked he “considered retirement,” said half the roster uses them. Guard Nick Zakelj called it “a meathead thing… let me get juiced up.”