hope this will help others who are thinking of giving up smoking do it and see it is poss using snuff well at least im putting it to the test i have tried a few times but not full on using snuff as i was not snuffing prop but now i can todays the day to do it !! DAY 1 19/10/2008 ok well i have been using toque choc , peanut butter , toffee, and menthol i have learned from people here about the two sides to nicotine addiction the drug and the habbit , so it makes sense to say all i have to give up is the habbit side as im still getting mu nicotine from my snuff !! to be completely honest i have used the snuff at the begining of every withdraw feeling and kept using it untill it went it was actualy easyer than i thought it would be , now here is the downside or should i say my downside (THE DIZZYNESS) wow ok i hear you get dizzy when you stop smoking due to the oxygen levels in your blood are higher than when you smoke im not sure if this is true but i am deff very dizzy right now its weird , but im not snappy im not wanting to put my kids on ebay or the wife for that matter , im drinking loads of tea every time i use the snuff because i drank tea when i used to smoke makes sense eh so all in all day 1 has been well more than ok i must also add when i tryed befor to give up without using snuff i was dizzy but also pulling my hair out by now and the wife and kids would have been put up on ebay i have used nrt befor you name it gum tabs also champix tablets and i honestlt have to say so far its actualy much easyer using snuff dont get me wrong im not using snuff just to quit smoking i enjoy the snuff hobby and variety i wanted to stop smoking as i did not enjoy it anymore so what better than to use a hobby to quit ! ok thats day one hope this kind of bolg day by day will help people like me who are curious about using snuff for stopping smoking . feel free to comment i will make every new day clearly marked.

As a newbie that just quit smoking (2 months) using snuff, I think i’ll avoid mixing snuff and tea. : )

why would you avoid this not mixing tea and snuff ? Just interested the more info we can post here the better

The dizzyness I guess… I used mint snuff pouches to help with the oral cravings. I couldn’t quit cigs until I stopped buying them, I still crave them occasionally.

well what i did was order a load of small tins from toque and bullets to play with in my hand i filled up the small bullet this am and its nearly empty so i guess im using around 2 to 2.2 grams a day i think a bullet holds 2 grams ish i actualy find the menthol gives a better nicotine hit out of them all and chocolate is also a strong nicotine hit . . I must add though that tonight i have had the munchys and ate loads of snacky food but im happy with that as i want to gain a few pounds lol so still going great !

i will also add per craving im using about 1 to 2 bullet doses to kill the craving !sorry what are Synergist

ah ok that makes sence now why i use both together !! i think its important to remember that the below info still applies even giving up smoking with snuff * In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal. * In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal. * In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level. * In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase. * In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks. * In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%. * In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half. * In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker. * In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker. * In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.

ok im kinda tired tonight so im getting an early night but DAY1 = NO CIGS , NO PULLING MY HAIR OUT , I DID NOT EVEN GET SNAPPY ! LOOKING FORWARD TO DAY TWO THE BIG BIG TEST IS BREAKFAST THAT WAS MY FAV TIME NOT I SAID WAS !!!

wow ok thats amazing so im only using 1 gram of snuff ??? ok thats shocking i thought i had crap willpower but seems not to be the case thanks roderick nice info wow 1 gram i did want to also add here i have been smoking for 17 years now just incase anyone wanted to know … thamks again roderic !!

20/10/2008 DAY 2 im going to do a am and pm update here ok well To be honest i was a bit worried about morning times as theats the time and only time i enjoyed a cig ! but not today i actualy found it well dare i say easy not to smoke this am ??? i woke up grabbed my snuff had a pinch ate had a pinch and all went realy well i did not sleep that well though kept waking up half the night maybe a withdrawl of some sort maybe i shoud have had a pinch when i woke up but i kind of think it will be my brain trying to process this change , now here is the interesting bit >>>> my first pinch today and every pinch since has been wow so much better i can detect more flavor and subtle flavors in the toque its so much nicer so it looks like my sence of smell is coming back , im working from home today plus have my 2yr old here so fingers crossed . it was quite funny i have 4 kids and of course a wife they all got up and kept looking at me to see what sort of mood i was in as they have seen me try to give up befor they were waiting for me to be snappy or moan about something but it did not happen the only comment my 6yr old daughter had was "daddy why do keep putting tea up your nose " !!!

DAY 2 8PM ISH OK today has been a very weird day it started of good but got worse i was kinda still dizzy from not smoking but also kept thinking about cigs then i read back to what roderick had said and thought about it and decided to double up on my pinches and guess what i feel normal again so maybe my body was not missing the cigs all that much on day 1 but deff did on day 2 so my advise is take day one easy double up on day to and you wont have a prob at all im glad i went through this today as i hope it helps others not go through the same bad day as i had , i have moved onto toque blueberry tonight very nice indeed also taking bigger pinches than i ever have done befor so get ready for my order roderick lol to add again though i can deff notice a diff in the smell of things and snuff taking has become even more enjoyable as i can sence ,smell more flavours . please forgive my spelling it was never a strong point of mine , so all in all day2 round up , it would have been so much easyer had i been taking bigger pinches all day i can notice myself feeling better inside smell sence has got better and i can breath easyer and hey no fags today so two days now as a none smoker i always gave in on day 2 using nrt so already snuff has got me further than any nrt i have ever used and i think i have used them all !

for some reason old paris really brings out the fall folliage smell when outside.

I always liked that semi-dizzy feeling when I quit smoking. Maybe that’s why I quit so many times Congratulations, and keep it up!

thanks guys think il try that stepping outside mate i hate the dizzy feeling when i give up this shows how much im not thinking properly this am i put my deodorant on a normal big squirt and then when it was to late realised i picked up the wrong can it was shaving foam lol

thanks brianc yes small pinches were not working at all for me today i always loved my cigs but the last few months or so i just have not enjoyed them at all i felt crap realy everytime i smoked and like you started to have 1 or two in a row lol i have been through all my new toques and i have not got into the choc realy i think it needs to breath a bit . But personaly the big hitting nicotine for me out of all of them has to be menthol with out a doubt its the one that calms me down v v quickly maybe due to the fact i smoked menthal roll ups in the end so it may not be the nicotine it may be linking menthol snuff to menthol cigs it would be interesting if roderick can let me know how high the nicotine content is in menthol low . Med or high just to see if its actualy the nicotine thats calming me or the fact that i smoked menthal cigs and its the menthol in the snuff thats calming me ! Thanks again everyone im glad its making interesting reading i was not sure what everyone would think about me doing this . Anyway of to bed for me another successfull day tomorow is snuff order day i see the deal over at toque 13 pound for ten looks amazing that should keep me going untill the cig demon is killed for good !

this is very interesting reading (its very long ) http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1779270 The Table below shows the success rate of quitting the addiction of Alcohol, Smoking and Heron. i am currently collecting figures and info from the net to also place quitting with snuff v nrt in this document it will take time to do but i think will make an interesting read

see how close the smoking and Heron are between 3 and 12 months Heron users are more sucessfull now this is all copy and paste i can only think they mean heroin not heron lol

wow thats a fantastic deal as they say up north that el do for me thanks roderick il take a look at that link now !and thanks for your support as well .

21/10/2008 DAY 3 09.27 AM ok i expected to wake up craving a cig this morning i also expected to be on edge and all stressed out i thought i would feel like this as i have never gone more than two days smoke free but to my amazment i well cant beleave im saying this i woke up feeling realy good i was not on edge i was not stressed i woke up feeling refreshed not like befor i used to wake up tired and wanting to stay in bed and i WAS NOT CRAVING A CIG ??? i calmly got my snuff had a pinch which i enjoyed more than yesterday every day im not smoking i can sense more in my snuff . now it was test time the dreded missing my breakfast fag i thought this would be hard for a few weeks i ate my breakfast drank my tea had a pinch and it was well dare i say again it was easy i did not miss it infact i dont think i even thought about it much ?? one of my kids was sick today (on me ) and i delt with it calmly and even laughed about it . my wife is shocked she made a passing comment today and said “you have done so well im proud of you your just so calm then said so um are you sure its snuff your sniffing lol” she just cant beleave how well im doing and handleing everything. i cant either im sat here in front of my pc feeling great. today i have started to cough and cough and cough which to be totaly honest i enjoy (how can you enjoy that i hear you say )well i see it as 17 years of putting crap toxins and tar in my body its nice to see it all come out it shows me my body is getting better sure it looks discusting but im sure if i could see the state of my lungs it would look a hell of a lot worse than this .i walked to the shop today and could tell you out of the people their who had just had a cig as i could smell it on them a mile away and it did not smell nice "did i actualy smell like this " was my passing thought , im shocked im talking like this about cigs i gave up all hope of nrt helping me i thought i was doomed to smoke for the rest of my life as said befor i had use patches , gum,tabs,the inhaler thing you name it im being completely honest here nothing has been as effective in helping me quit as snuff has been my advise this morning would be REMEMBER TO TAKE BIG PINCHES or you will have a bad day like i had yesterday dont be worried to take a big pinch as roderick said to me earlyer the bigger pinch seems to hurt less than smaller pinches do and he is right !!!

Dave, have you considered if your dizziness might come from something else? Are you drinking enough water? Vitamins etc etc? I quit smoking using snuff too, and never experienced dizziness. Of course people’s reactions are different, but still… Ciao, Viking

quote Dave, have you considered if your dizziness might come from something else? Are you drinking enough water? Vitamins etc etc? thinking about it you may have something their .im drinking tea but not much water that could be it. i always felt dizzy when i stoped befor the doc said its due to more oxygen in my blood !!! il drink more water today maybe i dont drink enough when im not smoking but had not realised it il update tonight . thanks viking

true but tea has caffine in it and caffine dehydrates you doesnt it ? ! So i was told anyway .

Yes, tea is a diuretic.

It’s just oxygen. Your blood O2 levels are up from where they were a week ago, and it makes you dizzy, and somewhat distracted. Maybe go for a walk or a jog, get the blood moving, it will help even it out.

21/10/2008 ok pm update thanks everyone its great reading your replys and realy has helped me and will help others who will hopefully read this. Today has been great no actualy i will go as far to say a today has been bloody fantastic since i have been taking big pinches everything has been great i have had one or two points in the day were i found myself walking to the back door after i made my cup of tea (habit i guess ) but then thought i dont do that anymore and walked into the living room and got on with my work i did not even have a withdraw pang when i walked to the door its pure habit i guess it shows how much smoking imprints on our brain with out us realy realising it . I also have come to think "after reading a lot on the net " that the withdraw from nicotine is so slight that if you were to withdraw from it alone you would not notice any withdraw from it . Its what goes with it . Yes the habit its the habit thats hard to break not the drug . Why do we think smoking is hard to give up well think about it because we are told it is . Who tells us this the goverment and the tobacco companys themselfs say its a hard thing to do so in the end we all come to think that it is then it becomes common knowledge then the goverment think ok lets make money out of this as well lets tell people they need nrt to stop smoking which wont actualy work but they live in the hope it will so will keep spending money on it so now we get money not just from fags but also the product we have told you that you need to take to stop smoking ! Following me so far ! Ok so we are told its hard to give up and told its the nicotine thats hard to quit now i actualy have come to think its the habit thats the hard thing to break when the habit is mixed with the drug its ten times harder to break either of them . Sure i needed the snuff to stop my smoking but is it helping more not just because it has nicotine in it but also it keeps part of my habit going eg tapping the tin playing with bullets using my hands sniffing the product do you get what im trying to say here sorry if its confuseing to read im trying my best here , so why is the uk goverment not pushing people to use snuff well my own thoughts are simple because the goverment cant make as much money from snuff as they can nrt and fags ! Phew glad i got all that out my head ha ha ok again i hope it makes some kind of sense . So to round up today its been fantastic i have noticed while walking outside smells that i had not smelt since i was a young kid its funny i kind of look back and think wow i have missed so much of the simple things like the smell of grass the autumn smells god i sound funny im just being totaly honest and open in this blog i have noticed i can breath so much easyer and my energy has increased ten fold already anyone out their thinking i cant do that let me tell you i used to think that i tried everything and failed but when i did it with snuff im succeeding day 3 no smoking im shocked my wife is shocked my kids think im shoving tea up my nose to stop smoking "long story lol"so anyone out their just try it honestly give it a go i will do day four . Five . Six .and seven then do it on a weekly basis to keep it going . End quote for the day is using snuff to quit smoking has to be the easyist most enjoyable hassle free way to do it wow snuff is underestimated !

no caffiene doesn’t dehydrate you and is as hydrating as water unless you have a lot of caffiene. Yes it makes you pee so does water in the same amount.

thanks bob but coca cola is dehydrateing right ? I always thought it was the caffine maybe its both the sugar and caffine mixed that makes it dehydrateing or am i wrong on both counts ?

sorry forgot thanks sprangalang the walk did the trick it somehow cleared my head and stopped the dizzyness ! Thats another great tip !

Actually, the notion that cola, tea, coffee, etc., are diuretics is all a myth. It’s been proven multiple times that caffeine (and sugar for that matter) don’t dehydrate you an ounce, but football coaches and moms around the world keep propagating it for some reason.

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dave - tea, coffee, soda, lemonades will make you lose more water than you take in! Drink ordinary water, and you need about 2-3 liters on a daily basis. From the color of your urine, you can tell if you are dehydrating. It should be almost colorless. The darker the more serious dehydration. Sorry, I’m neither a football coach or a mom I do however, believe in scientific facts that are this simple to prove

True Viking,example,after a night of drinking only beer my urine was yelow,darkish yellow. As far as i had experience taking medical pills also dehydratees you(at least some of it) Since you can see by the colour.

22/10/2008 Am hey all bit of a delay doing todays update work always gets in the way of fun lol ok today woke up feeling crap ha ha got a cold caugh and sore throat (again sorry for my spelling ) typical i have 4 kids and never get their colds the week i give up smoking i get a cold i read a few min ago that when you give up you can get colds so i will take full advantage of this and use it as an excuse to take more snuff and get attention from the wife but seriously even with a cold i feel good i have to add when i got a craving when i woke up instead of thinking i need a cig i for the first time thought what flavor snuff should i start the day of with ! This shows something is changeing my thought pattern is different now or getting to be different you know what guys this is actualy working this is my fourth day now and im ok not realy noticed many cravings today maybe due to having a cold cough cough sorry im a man we dont get colds its flu ! Il update more tonight but looks like day four is going to be great ! Also to add im cutting down the tea today more water to rehydrate myself more !

@FarleyFlavors:I’d take hot tea.

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i would take soda ! @ roam why take hot tea ? That would make you temp higher so you would sweat more? So defo dehydrate more lol

In the desert? I don’t think so. Why do beduins only drink hot tea? To make their temerature as the dester temp so they don’t fell hot.

ok quick update tonight as im feeling crap still lol and it was my kids birthday today he is now 9 wow how time flyes eh so quite tired from the party lol i must be getting old . ! Ok apart from feeling crap caughing up a lot and a sore throat its been another fantastic day had a few cravings prob due to feeling rubbish but a good pinch of peanut butter was on the menu today and it sorted the cravings right out ! So all in all day 4 no smoking i honestly cant beleave i have gone 4 whole days of not smoking it may not sound much to some of you x smokers but trust me for me its a miracle i never thought i could stop smoking snuff is amazing and il keep paying it . Sorry for the short update i am in need of sleep tc all !

I got myself a cold too,should be in bed by now,hahha. A punch of Alpina Snuff for me.

hey roam yes im being carefull tonight with my pinches my nose is so dry its weird maybe its getting used to so much snuff or could be the cold . The weather has taken a defo cold spell over the last few days i think my immune system may be low as i never ever get colds well hardly at all anyway … Wondering at the moment if not smoking would lower your immune system il have to look into that . Take care mate hope you feel better soon

Thanks,no worries,with my sinuses i find myself getting a cold in the middle of the summer. Rather don’t ask how. Too much beer by the river, -Heya letz goe fer a nighe swim! -Aye! The other day its coughing and wheezing. Well its all my fault i messed up my sinuses.

thanks again to every one for their support ! and in helping making this blog ! 23/10/2008 DAY5 AM well i had one of those mornings today i was running late , kids were being super slow everything was not going to plan and I STILL DID NOT SMOKE !!! im still feeling crap im sure its due to my body detoxingi have decided to do a round up at the end of this week to sum up everything i have learned / felt / gone through, i still feel odd sometimes say im in town i step out the car usualy i would light a cig but now i dont and it just feels weird like i forgot something or left something at home but its not a horrible feeling its not even a sense of loss the best way to explain it is an emty feeling but only for a split second then its gone , i think its natural to feel this way its strange because im now finaly starting to feel a change in my craving its now gearing towards wanting snuff not cigs . you know i walked passed some smokers yest and it realy did stink sorry but it did and it got me thinking i used to smell like that yuk (this has to be positive sign) thinking like this , my mum in law (grrrrrrrrrrr) she came over yest night to see my kid for his birthday she walked into the kitchen knowing i had quit and said im going for a lovely smoke waving her fag in front of me and you know it did not even faze me one bit i honestly did not care however i did have an evil thought “i thought yes go smoke it as it will be 5 min off your life and 5 min less i will have to put up with you " lol we have a love hate ok ok we have a hate hate realationship but it also got me thinking smokers actualy dont like to see other people quit and make a joke out of it and i guess i was like that also i can realy see a diff in myself already today im more lively i can think much much clearer i can breath better smell better lots more energy , i wake up feeling refreshed and alive i only hope that this blog helps even just one person give up smoking its honestly so so much easyer with snuff i still cant beleave it myself as much as i wanted to quit befor i could not do it but snuff worked perfectly remember take big pinches !!! or if you dont you will find it harder to quit or even small pinches taken close together is fine .food wise il be honest im eating realy healthy dinners (i used to be a chef) so im ballencing my diet proporly , but i am also eating crap snacking on choc more choc more choc but as said befor i want to gain some weight so i dont care but for others who dont want to gain weight buy some snack a jacks my wife has them they fill you up taste sweet but their is nothing to them anyway thats just an idea !!! ok am update done thanks again for taking an inerest … can anyone tell me why my nose feels dry well it is very dry " i did take some gawaith apricot yest evening” will this make it dry ???thanks for any help on this ,

thanks @ FarleyFlavors for your support mate !

Science says alchool is dyhrdating not caffine in regular doses.

pm update v v quick update due to no access to the pc still no smoking ! I will update in more detail tomorow but today was the best day yet i felt so so good all day !

So far I’m having pretty good luck stopping smoking with snuff. The only times I have trouble is on break at work, and after I’ve had a couple drinks. Hopefully with time those cravings will pass as well.

24/10/2008 DAY 6 AM first let me say congrats lemon how long have you not smoked for no ??? ok it was a short update due to a house full of drunken women last night now not that im one to complaing having 17 drunk women in my house trying on ann summers outfits and then asking my opinion on what they look like but if i was at all going to start smoking again it would have been last night but i did not smoke at all i calmly looked at the half dressed women gave my opinion and focused my mind on anything but women and outfits lol so in my eyes my giving up smoking is a full success i think last night was sent by the cig devil to test me lol . i have only just realised today i did not think about or miss my first cig ? it which is fantastic im still coughing up lots but as roderick has said it can go on for months but its a good thing having your body clear out all that crap , i think i should get a job as a smoke detector i can honestly smell someone smoking a mile away , i cant say enough how good i feel and cant understand why i wasted so much time smoking snuff has realy changed my life its a fantastic hobby and the best quit smoking product out their , im not feeling as dizzy today which is good it shows my body is getting used to changes and is adapting to them very well now . i touched on yesterday about my craving changeing from cigs to snuff well today im noticeing this more and more so between day 5 and 6 the craving switches from cigs to snuff which is fast in my opinion ! again i awoke instantly thought hmm what do i start the day of with grabbed mt toque toffee and that was that . i think or hope i will be having a quiet day today no women running around half naked (shame) lol ok everyone il update tonight have a great day !

the question is which half was it???

ha ha now that was quick lol i had to think about that one and read back on my post a bit !

That would definitely make me dizzy! :o)

ha ha @ viking its was a hard job to do mate sometimes a second viewing was needed to give them my honest opinion lol

Ooh please stop!! :o))))

Hey Dave, really well done mate. Here are a few random thoughts from when I went through this a year ago: be prepared for the cravings to come back a good few weeks into having stopped - something will just trigger them, seeing an old friend who smokes, a bit too much alcohol or just plain fancying one. DO NOT allow yourself to either run out of snuff or be in a place where you have none on you, because IF you do get one of those big delayed cravings you will need your snuff the most. Just the other week I was with a guy at work who hadn’t smoked for two years and a group of us were in the back yard chatting and some of them were smoking. He just said ‘F**K it’ and sponged one of someone - he’s now back on 20 a day. Im not trying to put any downer on what you have achieved so far, just highlighting the fact that the cravings can just jump back at you. The dizzyness is natural I think and I went through it too, maybe its just your cicrculation getting rid of crap and being a bit more efficient? Also, beware of snacking too much, you might want to put on an extra couple of pounds but that can turn into a couple of stone very quickly! Last of all, if you do fall off the wagon (Im sure you wont but I’ll say it anyway) don’t crucify yourself. You don’t owe any apologies to anyone and just get back on board. Ive done this a bit differently to you, because I found that by saying to myself ‘if it gets too bad Ill have a fag and not feel guilty’ I was able somehow to not dwell on thoughts of cigarettes too much. Onwards and upwards!!

thanks snuffster i think your right and its weird you said that today of all days ok this morning was good but this afternoon and tonight has been total crap cravings like i would not beleave it started with 3 bills being a lot more than expected . Then sales people calling none stop at the door and phone it was strange so many in one day anyway the kids decided to trash the house with muddy feet on our new cream lounge carpet lol also i was tired from last night i just had to walk out the house go for a drive and clear my head well actualy fill it with snuff i did not smoke but it was harder today than any other day i think due to their being so many trigger points in such a short space of time and i have not used as much snuff today due to sore nose which i thought use less snuff to rest it a bit but by the end of the day i thought sod this and used lots of snuff anyway which did make me feel better i think the theory is when you see or feel a trigger point or feel like you may get stressed or wound up pinch even if you dont have a craving have some snuff and keep having it untill your sure everything is going to be ok if i had done this today i would not have felt so bad i guess its a learning curve which i hope me going through and working out ways round it will mean anyone reading this will be more prepaired and wont have to go through it this is why i have written this blog (to help people give up )and be fully prepaired for it . And not have the bad times i have had . Now im in bed i am proud i did not smoke today the cravings were so intense at times but i also think i was to stressed to think about taking a pinch which is why my theory should work of course i know i will get stressed in my life everyone does but as its still a trigger point for now i will pinch at the first sign of anything stressfull that way i will break the link of wanting a cig when im stressed . You see i have learned or taught my self that i must have a fag when im wound up or stressed no one told me to do it i just naturely learned it i should say learned it wrongly but i made the link between cigs and stress and if i made that link myself i can break that link myself by re training my brain . If i pinch befor the stress happens when the stress does happen i wont feel like i need a cig after a few times of this i will have re trained myself and will start to deal with it better when i dont pinch and get stressed wow ok this all prob makes no sense to anyone reading it as i said its my own honest thoughts on how i feel or have felt and how i got round the problems or worked out how to get round them . Now i will do a step by step guide at the end of the week to sum everything up that way all my randum thoughts and comments will make sense to everyone . So ok another day no smoking and i feel tired worn out but you know what its all worth it !

i think snuffters post above is fantastic and very very true everyone should read it a few times it will help a lot for future and present none smokers ! Nice post snuffter

I think your right about the gov and cig companies promoting how hard it is to stop smoking. It also seems true that, most people have a hate hate relationship with smoking. This world brainwashes people to think that they can’t do anything without “help” from the government or a pharmaceutical. I hope more people are inspired by your example to change something in there lives. ROCK ON Dave

thanks jarhog you know your comment has actualy made my day ! It shows people are taking an interest and agree with some of what i am saying ! Thanks mate

thanks roderick great post and very interesting mate ! I will update tonight had my house flood today lol and nope i still have not smoked infact today was stressfull with the burst pipes but i kind went through most my new toque toffee today lol i love the small tins lol ok il update tonight

sorry update tomorow for my day today to much happenin floodin the house wise but i will add still no smoking ! I think tomor is my 7days of no smoking wow il update properly and do a round up of my week . Hmm you know my cravings are defo changing to snuff now not cigs i craved toffee toque then vanilla then strong craving for some ozona hmm now can i ask i swear ozona has an anaseed taste to it ? Maybe just me lol ok time for some bedtime toque blueberry im starting to get quite the collection more variety than cigs offer . Can you realy see b@h peanut butter flavor ? "you watch is will happen now " i think they should make milk choc snuff not dark choc a nice light sooth milk chocolate with a hint of vanillla snuff now i would buy tons of that one ok i must now sleep . . . . .

Hey Dave - don’t think too much :o)

and use the odd full stop and paragraph maybe, its very hard to read your stuff dave

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every time i use my phone to come to this site it double posts lol . ?

Well done Dave keep up the good work! Stefan

yeah the craving for cigerattes definatly decreases with snuff use. I definatly crave snuff specificly now.

hey guys ok i said it would be an honest post .! Now I was going to do my 7day review but i feel ashamed to say this and the guilt i feel is intense ! . I had so much pressure and stress the last two days it happend i smoked both days . What a prat right ! . So i guess all i can do now the stress has gone is start a fresh tomor . I feel bad thats 7days i went smoke free totaly wasted .my lungs feel crap again and i feel crap . I sure can notice i felt so much better taking snuff , so i guess its back to day 1again sucks eh !

7 days wasted im so angry at myself !

bull dave. The seven days aren’t wasted at all. When you go seven days then smoke it isn’t like you go back to square one. Seriously even if you were not using snuff all smokeing for two days would do is make it harder but not cancel out the wonderfull progress you are makeing now. Plus quiting smokeing is hard so get back on the horse.

I agree. Seven days without a smoke is quite impressive. I haven’t gone that long yet. Any reduction in smoking is an achievement in my opinion. Just keep your head up, and keep on snuffing.

thanks guys ! I was kicking myself but you know what your right 7 days is a long time and must have done so much good ! . So back to a big pinch of vanilla , wow you can defo feel the crap in your body when you do smoke lol . Il just class today as day 8 ! Thanks again guys

Dave, with respects I don’t think your blog on here will help you to stop smocking after all we are just cyber friends, and can all hide behind the keyboard. I was a cigarette, pipe and the occasional cigar smoker for over forty years. The day I decided to give it all up, I walked into my local pub with no smoking paraphernalia, announced this, the asked a friend for a cigarette and a light. Then loudly announced that this would be my last smoke and I’m going to enjoy it. Now no way could I go back into the pub smocking, I would have been humiliated. That was almost fifteen years ago, that was my last smoke. But then I have a very strong willpower.

You do not owe any explanations and you should not feel any guilt. I certainly refuse to feel guilty, and I have the occasional cigarette still and always will. Just get back on board if thats what you want to do. I also agree with snuffhead in respect of how useful it is doing a blog. Personally, I think stopping is bad enough without having to explain yourself to anyone. Oddly enough, its my position of having a cigarette if I ever really feel like I need one thats kept me off them for the most part and kept my sanity.

I have quit heavy smoking 8 months ago. Since 3 months I am additional using a bit snus… the combination snuff and a bit snus seems to be the complete cigarette killer for me. During month 3 and 4 I allowed me to smoke one cigarette weekly just in remembrance of the “good” old days. But the interest in this is also gone. At the moment I have already forgotten what a cigarette craving is. If you fall back to cigarettes from time to time, I dont think that this is a big problem, just keep your goal in mind. It’s very worthwhile…

update day 8 no cigs !i think some people got the wrong idea of this blog and thought it was to help me give up when actualy i just wanted to document my giving up so new quitters who are thinking about using snuff to quit have an idea of what to expect . And also not make the mistakes i did while quitting . Eg not using small pinches and what snuff to use and how they expect to feel on a day by day basis anyway here i am day 8 smoke free 1 day better than last time and i have no desire to smoke what so ever . Now that reminds me i must place that toque order ,… Thanks guys for all your support and help !

hi roderick yes thats more than fine with me . I have loads more written day by day about my second attempt which has been a total success using all the advise from this post i read it all again and managed to avoid my mistakes that i first made. so using snuff works i did a massive summarise of it all . but decided not post the new stuff due to some people not realy getting why i was doing this and would have made the post confusing .lol its prob confusing enough ! But using this post Im amazed that if used correctly and my first mistakes avoided its the best nrt out their ! So feel free to use what you want from this post mate !

Dave have you tried the American Scotch snuffs yet? They have a smoky scent that adds to the satisfaction of the relatively high nicotine level. A few big pinches and you will be all set.

Hi wow long time since i wrote this and interesting to see how i did , how did i do you ask well still not smoking and loving every min of it or should i say every min of my snuff lol esp my toque vanilla and penut butter still my no1 snuffs lol hope your all well here tc guys and gals

That’s great Dave! Congratulations.

Thank-you very much my only regret is not discovering snuff years ago oh those water years of not sniffing lol

Good news Dave, well done. Nicotine is one hell of a hard mistress and in the form of cigarettes I firmly believe its more difficult to get off cigarettes than Heroin, and I speak from personal experience. Getting off the gear gives you a week or two of pain, but getting off cigarettes is just an insideous and constant craving with just about everything in your life being a trigger to smoke. Substituting snuff when you want a smoke is the perfect way to deal with it. Snuff could save millions of lives if the fascist health freaks in our governments had the balls to admit it. I would say it amounts to a crime that snuff is not used advertised openly as a harm reduction method. Dave, if you have a cigarette (and Im not saying for a second that you will) don’t give yourself a hard time - it’s the overall change of tobacco use that is the key factor. Well done my friend.

yeah the withdraw from cigs is terrible the thing that I hate the most is that the whole time instead of the cravings getting less intense it just gets less often. Other addictions (including caffine) the cravings seem to taper off in frequency and intesnsity. Snuffster always says if you have a cigarette don’t give yourself a hard time and he’s totaly right. In a recent study it was discovered that people who see themselves having a problem resisting temptation and think that’ll fail somewhat have a better chance of not failing at all then someone who thinks they’ll have 100 percent success. Basicly if you think it’s all or nothing all will probably win but if you think you’ll give it your best you’ll probably succeed

Thats great news Dave, glad to hear you doing good.

Thankyou snuffster and thanks bob wow suffster that’s amazing you have done amazingly well to kick meths I have seen a few documentarys on people who are addicted to it it looks like its so hard to kick so my hat goes of to you you should be proud of yourself buddy . I think your tight bob like when I failed before I gave myself a hard time. Now though my taste actually has changed I crave snuff now which is fantastic I guess I am creating more links to snuff like having breakfast taking snuff having a meal taking snuff going for a walk taking snuff so I guess the more links to snuff the more I’m addicted to snuff and not cigs which in my eyes is a great thing as I never ever realy enjoyed smoking I can’t think back and say I realy enjoyed that fag but I can look back and say I enjoyed that toque peanut butter on tue !!! Thanks again everyone

Thanks Dave, onwards and upwards!

wow! this blog was really inspiring, honesty. you know what… im going to do it, im going to kick the cigs with snuff (being asmatic this is probly a really good thing). if i sucseed dave, you can be proud that it was all because of you! ill lecha know how i do.

@howdydave tl:dr

i downloaded an app for my phone called smoke reducer … you type in number of cigs smoked per day 

waking time and bedtime  cost of a pack … it beeps when its time for a ciggy or you can bank it for later .

just for a bit of fun really … but someone might find it helpfull

I think snuff realistically provides the same security as cigarettes do ,no doubt, the only thing about snuff is that you have to retrain you’re brain, when you start snuffing as opposed to smoking.If you find yourself craving a smoke, it is because you are forgetting to snuff.when i would find myself craving a cigarette it was because i hadn’t snuffed in several hours and my brain told me “nicotine please” while holding up a picture of a cigarette.Eventually you’re brain will hold up a picture of you’re favourite and reliably nicotine packed tin of snuff.Whenever i see a 25g tin of viking brown, my pupils dilate with anticipation of the ensuing enjoyment, lol!

@davec32 hang in there, 4 days is a lot, I’ve heard 12 days to create or break a habit. I shot for that at first, after that I just set small goals can I make a month then 2, I’m at about 7 or 8 months, for the first 4 months I could have told you to the hour, now I’m not even sure. I like toasts Toque, WOS and F&T. At first don’t let the cravings get on you, take some snuff even when you don’t feel you need it, that way you stay ahead of it. It can be done, and you’ll be able to run around with that 9 year old and keep up. I smoked for 35 years, longest I ever quit was a couple weeks, Snuff did it. I’m now one of those annoying ex smokers, I try not to be, this is probably the most “Horn Blowing” I’ve done to date. Best of luck to you, hang in there, if you stumble get back up and do it again.

I left cigarettes and went first to ‘dip’ for several years. I tried various flavors and pouches until I found Snus, which I absolutely loved. I had no urge to smoke other than a passing moment- and when I did take a cigarette I really didn’t enjoy it. It was the nicotine I needed and I know Snus was a great help in staying smoke free. After perhaps a year without cigarettes I took up cigars- having truly enjoyed them years before. Because cigars were an expensive luxury I would occasionally treat myself when I went to the tobacco shop for my Snus. Now fast forward to just a few months ago and I have been reintroduced to snuff. I tried it a few times years back and honestly don’t know why I ever gave it up. For me snuff offers my much needed nicotine and also provides an experience that is part of what snuff taking is for me- unique, satisfying, interesting and dare I say- safer than other forms of tobacco use. Since picking snuff back up I have barely touched my Snus where by now I would be ordering another few sleeves. Snuff is much less expensive that any other form of tobacco, for me more satisfying and frankly something I don’t see myself ever giving up. In sum- interesting new flavors (what don’t exist with cigarettes), an interesting culture (also absent in cigarettes) and more. Keep up the journey and keep us posted.

Another necropost raised from the dead!