Beginner to Beginner: How to take snuff, Pinch and Plug method

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I am a brand new snuff taker, about a month in and have been struggling up until this week on finding a method that works for me to take snuff without it getting too far up or to the back of my throat. I have found what works for me and invite you to try. This very well could be how everyone takes it but this is what works for me and have even given it a name. I call it the “Pinch and Plug”

  1. take a small pinch of snuff, (thus the “pinch” portion of the name) the size of an apple seed or slightly larger
  2. hold your two pinching fingers against the nostril so that your two fingers completely block or plug (thus the “plug” portion of the name) your schnoz. Don’t jam them up there at all, just rest them against your nostril so that it seals that nostril off with the SLIGHTEST and I mean SLIGHTEST air flow (none is better than too much). This will ensure the flour stays at the front of your nose and not in your sinuses or throat.
  3. Gently breath in through your nose, about as much as you would smelling a flower. As you want more in your nose or switch nostrils, open up your pinch by rolling the pressure from the tips of your fingers to the pads of your fingers.
  4. Take more and repeat
    Again, if this is how everyone takes it, then more power to ya! Just describing it in detail for what works for me.
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I think this is how quite a few people pinch their snuff so well done on getting a good method!

I usually pinch a decent wad between my thumb and middle finger and pinch it closed. I put it up to each nostril and open up the pads of my fingers to reveal the snuff while sniffing it up.

Once the majority of that’s gone there will be a little snuff left over on the pads of my middle finger and thumb so I’ll hold each one up to a nostril to sniff up whatever is left.

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