What snuff did you buy in your local store?

Great another Scotch on the “to order list” that I haven’t found locally yet. Ken

What is strange is the fact that NON of my local tobacconists carry nasal snuff. I can only find these at the local Food Lion (lol)

@devillock: I found the large thrift cans of Society in Wilmington, at a Lowe’s food on College Rd, right across from UNCW.

I’ve only been able to find McChrystal’s SP and Menthol locally, and I consider myself lucky to have found any snuff locally let alone McChrystals and in X-Large tins at that.

It seems that some of you guys have quite a good selection, i was thinking about my tobacconist and i think they stock about 7. Not much when you consider what’s out there. Wouldn’t it be nice if every town had a snuff bar where one could go and sample some snuff with a cup of coffee and then buy a few tins to take home.

@cstokes, really, thanks for the tip, next time I am down there, that store will be a mission. Ken

I have Society at the food lion in W.VA for $11.36 for the large can. Honey Bee is $12.87, Maryland is higher due to taxes. They have all kinds on small cans, superior, navy, society, peach.

I’ve been wanting to ask this even since I got my can of Starr–has anyone ever seen it for sale in a local store, and if so where? For some reason (maybe the graphics), it seems the most archaic of the American snuffs. Starr packs a great nicotine punch, but it’s so plain (almost flavourless) that I wonder if maybe its more of its users use it nasally as opposed to dipping it. Lorillard looks pretty archaic too, but the Lorillard company used to be very big so it probably isn’t AS obscure.

I can’t seem to find the Starr locally.

@ Mike B.: That’s Starr’s updated look. I have an unopenend vintage 1948 tin in my little collection. I’ll try to get a pic up in the next few days. Its actually “R. Starr & Co.” on the old tin, but the name is not as prominent as “Scotch Snuff 1st Quality.” It was owned by Helme even that far back. I have a feeing this is a very old brand. Sadly, this is one of the handful of scotches I’d like to be permanent members of my collection, but the only one that can’t be found locally. Maybe I can talk a shop into stocking it if they already carry some Helme/Swisher snuffs. I don’t think they mean Ringo and those other dudes.

I used to be able to get the non-schmalzler Pöschls, but I think that store is puling them once they run out. Aside from that, all I can get is Madras No 1. This is a three hour trip to make though. I usually just say screw it and order online.

I have never found Starr, or W.E. Garrett. Tons of Tube Rose.

I have never seen nasal snuff at any of the stores or tobacco shops here in Canada, either in the small towns near me, or in the big cities (I have looked in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal). I haven’t been to every shop of course, but I have visited big tobacconists, and none had nasal snuff. I believe that when I was a child (think early 70’s) in Edmonton, the local drugstore sold nasal snuff. It was likely to appease the many German immigrants living in my area (my parents were also German immigrants). In talking to my father, a significant number of German tradesmen back then used snuff, in addition to smoking a pipe. The people working at the German consulate in Edmonton at the time DEFINITELY used nasal snuff - my father reminded me that I actually saw the Consulate General taking snuff and asking him about it (when I was like 5 or something). That was a long time ago. So - nothing local. No online shops in Canada that I can find who sell snuff. I think shipping tobacco from province to province has been illegal in Canada for several years (like the provision in the new PACT thing in the US) so that really cuts down on online tobacconists. Regards, Geraldo

Just a few Poschls but that era is over.

Nada.

Most places in the UK don’t do a good selection, although you can come across the odd place that does. What we do have though is readily available J and H snuffs, most shops do the SP and 99.

Here in Dublin you can get McChrystal’s O&G, S’Nuff and Mild Lemon; Sam Gawith Kendal Brown Menthol, XX Menthol, Apricot and Aniseed; Wilsons SM. No Irish toasts, no SPs, no rappees etc. Sad state of affairs in a country, which was famous for its tobacco industry. Must be Perfidious Albion’s fault!

I would have thought that most of you across the pond can find the Toque available.

@ AllanH . i dont think there is a irish tobacco compamy left in ireland is there ? carrolls belongs to bat now i used to pick up a pack of carrolls extrasize the odd time ( kinda like a camel wide ) … maybe the peterson pipe tobacco is an irish company still ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll's . my local smoke shop has garretts . ozona spearmint and raspberry . 2 types of samuel gawith in the 10g tins with the old yellow labels ?

If I drove two hours, I could land some Garrett Sweet. They sell General Sample packs there, too, and Oliver Twists.