I’ve actually tried calling a few Tobacconists in Abbotsford, but unfortunately I got the same result… I was told they were not being supplied the snuff they use to carry. Afterwards I realized that it was probably due to the lack of the health warning, as n9inchnails has mentioned. I hope to come across some still, I’ll keep searching! I know i’ll find some
I forgot about Mcchrystal’s, although I’ve not actually seen it for sale personally. But I did get a tin of violet (awesome) from the old lady’s mom for christmas. She found it at tobacconist in Edmonton, where she lives. Edit: I just checked and it does indeed have the warning label. I strongly doubt, however, that it is 2% lead! My Gawith Apricot did not have a label, but the “duty paid” sticker was so old, the glue had deteriorated. Tasty all the same.
Yeah no shit eh… 2% lead? Who would put lead in something like this… Of course. Honestly if I could get some at a local tobacconist, I wouldn’t even care if it had the label, I know the risks all the same. But I will be keeping my eyes open. It would feel like an accomplishment to find some nasal snuff in a tobacconist shop somewhere, seriously .
sure it’s not .2 lead or something like that. Or maybe they went with the worst of the batch. Who would put something like that in it. The same person that puts it in your vegetables yup good ole Mr. Soil.
Well that would be interesting to see (the McChrystal’s)–the tin of Mild Lemon I bought in Halifax didn’t meet the regs, but maybe it was an old one.
The label says “Toxic Constituents: 2% nitrosamines, 2% lead, and 3.4% nicotine.” (C’est aussi ecrit en francais, bien sur.) I suspect Health Canada has a chart that reads x tobacco product contains y “toxic constituents” and the label is somewhat generic. Sounds like b.s. to me. I’ll see if I can’t scan the tin and upload a picture.
Try google: radioactive lead and polonium in tobacco. It is there alright.
I would have a tough time believing that tobacco contains 2% lead. That is enormous. That is higher than most lead ores nowadays. Typical assays for lead in tobacco, suggest lead levels of 1-3 micrograms per gram dried plant matter (based on tobacco grown in Eastern Canada). So, if I counted my decimal places properly, that is around 2 ppm or about 0.0002%. Lead levels are higher in tobacco grown near coal-fired power plants, tobacco from E. Europe, and tobacco from countries still using leaded gasoline (some African countries maybe?). Cadmium levels are quite a bit higher in N. American tobacco. Why isn’t that one on the label? It is a well-known carcinogen. And radioactive polonium (another well-known carcinogen) is there primarily because raw apatite is used to “fertilize” tobacco. This helps make the tobacco nitrogen-poor, reducing the amount of curing time required. Refined apatite wouldn’t contain polonium, but of course that would cost extra money, so they just use run-of-mine material…
On my tin it says .0005% lead, 2% nitrosamines, 3.4% nicotine Maybe you got a misprint or something?
Well considering the toxins in processed food, drinking water, and just the air I breathe, I will of course continue to sniff barely detectable amounts of lead and radioactive goodies with gusto. By the by, n9inchnails, love the screen name…it took me quite a while to collect Halos 1-27…still need Halo 16 to complete the collection (which is “Things falling apart” I believe)
Well, it’s already 7AM… And I cannot sleep any longer. Too excited