how do you stop a 3yr old copying your snuff habbit ?? now everytime i snuff he sticks the back of his hand out says can i have some then raises his hand to his nose and does a big sniff , now of course im a very proud farther of a son who at 3 is wanting to snuff(joke) but not everyone will see it that way . esp my wife who is speachless when he finds my snuff boxes and says to her snuff mummy and does his sniffing action on his hand again . now im of to a wedding in two weeks and the people are going to be well very high up prim and propper now i dont mind my kids shoveling chocolate cake in their mouth in one go . but i dont think it will be a big hit by son making snorting sounds of the back of his hand , maybe il get a tshirt for him saying dads not a coke addict he just snuffs . so my question is how the hell do you get a 3 yr old out of a snuff habbit thats not actualy a snuff habbit lol
Well, there are tobacco free snuffs. Dextrose is no danger at all. 
I say give him a pinch, and make it stout, hedges or something such. I’m sure for a novice 3 yr old, it will not be a pleasant experience. My guess is this will curb his curiosity for snuff. And really, I know we are all PC these days, but it’s not like it will hurt him.
I agree with snuffegnugen, although your wife may not. HA. Then again, you never know when the information of his recent snuff endeavors may slip out of his mouth and into the ears of the disapproving.
hey you know what thats not a bad idea at all , he will get a big dislike for it and thus creating a negative thought pattern towards it , but one small problem what if he loves it lol maybe red bull will do the trick, i can see him at school or nursery with my snuff bullet . that will go down well lol
yeah I think he may like it especialy since children seem more susceptable to nicotine and nicotine addiction. I think the best thing might be to tell him that snuffing and pretending to use snuff at weddings and churches is not allowed. Though this proves that a pinch is better then the back of the hand (kids pick their noses all the time.)
Give him a little Rooster.
haha true bob , now my wife tried the "ill tell him its wrong "talk so at the dinner table she waited for me to snuff and sure enough he copyd me so, she said in her most stern mothering voice NO its naughty and pointed to my snuff … well he looked at her as if she was totaly crazy and said while laughing "not naughty "at that point my wife got up as she was about to crack up laughing lol but still said to me i have 2 weeks to break this new habbit of his imaginary snuff habbit lol
make it into a game. It might work.
also true it does not help at we have 4 kids and the other 3 find it hillarious , have you seen the film “Meet the parents” With Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo. the bit were the kids wont stop saying "asssshoooooole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a65dg14HaM&feature=related
on the nose, bigblue
Well, it’s not “wrong”, it’s just an adult thing. Like drinking a beer.
You are giving him positive reinforcement, so of course he is going to repeat the action. You have conditioned him to do the action and then get attention afterwards. Simply stop the reinforcement, as BigBlue said.
I used to work with kids. There was this one time that I really needed a pinch, so I did it. My students saw it of course and began asking questions. Without mentioning the word snuff, I just said this was medicine for my very stuffy nose. That did the trick, my students were satisfied with my answer and they returned to doing whatever they were doing.
Reality Check. You have to end this situation. Well being a parent of three, I know that only people 18 and up and buy tobacco products here in the USA. Also, here if a parent did this or allowed this to happen, the Child Services people will come and take the kid away…
Tell him is a nose medicine like Itsuke said worked with my little cousin
When I was about the same age, I was giving my Dad the puppy eyes over his after-work glass of Bourbon, one evening. He tried the aversion technique on me, offering a sip. It didn’t work. I liked it! I suspect this will be something the young fellow will grow out of, or grow back into when he’s of an acceptable age to be doing it. It’s probably lousy parenting advice, but maybe you could give him an empty tin that’s been cleaned out and let him play with it, until he gets bored with the idea.
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Stop snuffing in front of your three year old.
I keep it discrete when my kids (3 & 5)are around, or any kids for that matter. I even go so far is as to position the car seats just so I can take a pinch while driving around with them. I did take a few pinches while I was at the park with them this weekend though. There was so much going on that nobody was paying attention anyhow. I just don’t want to have to go though any sort of explanation right now. They’re not old enough to understand it with any sort of cognizance and I’d rather not lie to them. As for breaking the 3 year old’s habit? Beating it out of him works. Just kidding. I’m in the ignore it camp. It’s an attention thing for sure. He want’s to be like dad. If he doesn’t see dad do it and nobody pays him any mind (good or bad) when he does it, he’ll stop. It might take a week or two though. Good luck.