Former Premier League striker Fraizer Campbell has opened up about his addiction to snus during his playing career.Campbell enjoyed a 16-year stint in the professional game, making 446 appearances for the likes of Manchester United, Sunderland and Crystal Palace before hanging up his boots in 2022.Fraizer Campbell scored 104 goals in his professional careerGettyA Red Devils academy graduate, the 39-year-old made just four senior appearances at Old Trafford before leaving to join Sunderland permanently in 2009.He went on to spend four years in the North east before joining Cardiff in 2013, helping them win promotion to the Premier League.The forward managed six top-flight goals as the Bluebirds were relegated in the 2014/15 campaign, which earned him a move to Palace in the summer that followed.And Campbell has now revealed it was during his three-year stint at Selhurst Park that he began taking snus.Originating in Sweden, snus is a smokeless tobacco product made from ground or pulverised leaves, packaged similar to a teabag sachet, which is placed under the top lip.Campbell opens up on snus useIn an appearance on The Sports Agents podcast, Campbell revealed he started taking snus whilst at Crystal Palace to help him wind down after matches.He said: “I felt relaxed, and it just chilled me out more than anything.“It was after a game as well, and after a game, it’s one of those things that it’s quite hard to relax after.”Detailing his habits, Campbell admitted he gradually became more addicted to snus, which only got worse when he retired in 2022.He continued: “Well, yeah. I definitely was addicted. But obviously, when I had more time on my hands when I retired, I had more time to have the snus.Campbell scored eight goals in 50 games for Crystal Palace, during which time he began taking snusGetty“So obviously, in the morning, while I was playing, I might have one in the morning or two in the morning and then for the next couple of hours I’d be out on the training pitch.“I would never have them on a match day because it chilled me out too much, and I was someone that… I’m a pretty chill person as it is. “If I was more chilled, I’d struggle to get into a jog.”Campbell isn’t the only former player to talk openly about his use of snus in his playing career, with former Liverpool and Tottenham star Danny Murphy also admitting to it after his retirement.With the use of snus increasingly common among footballers, Murphy called for it to be banned in 2023.And Campbell too revealed he only became fully aware of the negative effects of snus while playing, as he explained how it came to impact his day-to-day life.Campbell began his career as a promising youngster at Man UnitedGettyHe said: “It got a lot worse after I finished playing football, but I didn’t really see the negative side of it while I was playing.“But it’s a familiar story. I’ve been to house parties, I’ve been on nights out, like you said, and I’m seeing lots of professionals doing these things. And I just don’t get it.”However, Campbell finally revealed: “I am clean, six months clean now.“I got to a stage where I just felt constantly fatigued, and I couldn’t put my finger on it. And obviously it was the snus. So, I packed it in, because it was giving me no benefits.”After leaving Crystal Palace in 2017, Campbell spent the last five years of his career in the Championship.He enjoyed a two-year stint at Hull, scoring 18 goals in 77 games, before seeing out his career at Huddersfield between 2019 and 2022.