The NFL banned smelling salts and ammonia packets for all teams due to FDA safety concerns and potential to mask concussion ...

The NFLPA clarified the league’s new rule on smelling salts in a memo to players on Wednesday night, according to ESPN’s ...

August 6 - San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle is making a stink about the NFL's recent ban on smelling salts. Kittle ...

The NFL is banning the use of smelling salts and ammonia packets before and during all games, a ruling that has upset 49ers ...

On Tuesday, the NFL sent a memo out to its teams stating that the league is banning ammonia inhalants, colloquially known as ...

Not even the NFL can get between San Francisco 49ers star George Kittle and his smelling salts.

The star tight end joked about his previous usage of the now-banned ammonia inhalants, saying he used them before "every ...

The NFL banned an item used by players on the sideline, a decision that did not make a San Francisco 49ers player happy.

Ammonia and smelling salts have long been used by NFL players before and during games to give them an extra pick-me-up whenever they need a boost of energy.

Are smelling salts being banned by the NFL? Here's what Kittle shared about the news, and why players have used them in the past.

At San Francisco’s training camp on the same day, six-time Pro Bowler George Kittle unexpectedly stormed onto the NFL Network ...

George Kittle isn't the only member of the San Francisco 49ers who isn't wild about the NFL's new ban on smelling salts and ammonia inhalants: kicker Jake Moody also relies on them.