‘I was in pain, like someone sticking needles in my head’ says rugby star who suffered cardiac arrest after taking snus

FRENCH rugby star Hassane Kolingar suffered a frightening heart attack after taking snus.

Kolingar was at the wedding of Racing 92 team-mate Ibrahim Diallo when he took the tobacco product.

Snus is taken by placing the tobacco patch behind the upper lip -which enables nicotine to be absorbed – and is common among sports stars.

But Kolingar revealed he was taken to hospital...