Hi all, I have given up smoking using E-Cigs and found it really hard to do i have done 4 months now but have had to stop using them for a number of reasons, itchy skin, dry skin and mouth, and nicotine withdraw… I have just tried Snuff and i seem to get more nicotine from it ?? How can this be i seem to feel much more relaxed using Snuff than i ever did on E-Cigs ?? I personally cant work this out …I have wondered if its because its ground tobacco so im still using tobacco or maybe their is something in Snuff that E-Cigs dont have in them … Any ideas as i was geting wound up and argumentative on the E-Cigs but Snuff seems to have solved that ?? To add was using 1.8mg on the E-cigs
Nicotine is not the whole story, tobacco also has alkaloids that effect brain chemistry and the pleasure responses that combine to make the addiction. E-cigs just contain a small amount of nicotine, which is only part of what you crave. Snuff, being whole tobacco, gives you the full spectrum of what you need minus the tar, carbon monoxide etc. Snuff will give you everything you need to quit, e-cigs probably just re-inforce the desire to smoke in the long run.
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Thank you Snuffster for you reply. This is really interesting i have also just Google this to find out more… It makes sense as its really noticeable and clear that Snuff is giving me much more of what i need and its giving me what i didnt know i was missing (Alkaloids). It was clear my body(mind) was craving something and the effect of that something was very very strong 
That’s cleared up a few things for me too. I’ve been a heavy smoker for many years and only recently started using snuff. My smoking has decreased dramatically and snuff, unlike other nicotine replacement, really hits the spot. I’m now getting ready to give up the cigs completely - when I get back off holiday…probably!
The research reproduced on the Mr Snuff website is pretty good. Compared to smoking there is a minuscule amount of quality, peer reviewed scientific work on snuff, but it’s there if you dig. Some of the cancer research organisations are coming out for snuff. Unfortunately, the studies are not all in one place.
But fortunately the studies have hit a threshold that follows the trend of this information is about to go sciencetifically mainstream any day now.
As others have said, chemically and body chemistry wise speaking, nicotine alone is no substitute for tobacco itself. That is why the success rates on nicotine gum and the patches are not higher. The E-cig does however do a great job of addressing the hand to mouth habit. I use one, but I use it in combination (not at the same time though) with snuff and snus. Ken
E-Cigs = Digital Death
I tried e-cigs. I dropped over a hundred bucks on these pieces of shit, and I never put it down, burned out the atomizer and NEVER felt satisfied…However fast forward a few years and I no longer smoke cigs thanks to snuff, with no desire to be a “smoker” again (pipes don’t count).
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Pipes aren’t smoking, everyone knows that.
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I tried ecigs and they were a total letdown. I got a couple different models because some of them had a really strange taste when I was using them, some were so bulky it was insane, and others had some sort of mechanical difficulties. I had good luck with the Blu brand, but after using them exclusively for a few days, I went into full nicotine (alkaloid?) withdrawal. I had no problem with the sensation fixation, as i felt like I was still smoking, but that ‘something’ that I needed just wasn’t there. Snuff does it for my nic and other requirements, but I still crake the smokes, even though they don’t really make me feel like I’m getting any more nic than I do off of snuff. I think I just like the sensation; sitting on the porch having nice conversations, the ability to do it easily while driving, the fact that I have to go outdoors so it forces me to really take a break, and no insane boogers of death. I still love snuff, but I go in phases between it, dip, and smoking. All are usually present, just in different quantities at different times.
Anyone tried the e-pipe?
I’ve wondered if they’re any diffrent then the e-cigs.
e-Snuff - Shove a computer chip up yer nose!
Mu uncle has the pipe (he smoked a pipe for over 17 years) and he has not touched his real pipe since “1 year now” he also just got one from liberro… The thing that worries me is company’s here selling purity e juice … They say it’s cleaner and made under strict guide lines in the uk … Ummmm so what’s this other stuff you have been selling me got in it ??? Scary ESP when you realise everything is made in china … Now china as we all know are well not that strict on what they should or should not do or in this case add or not add … Snuff I feel personally for me is safer in a lot of ways and is meeting all my needs … If it was not for snuff I would have smoked this week no doubt about it
I’m with @Harlequin on this… I spent lot of money on one of these gimmicks and only used it for maybe a week. It did not satisfy my cravings at all. The company I bought one from actually advertised that these were not intended for nicotine replacement therapy, but rather as an alternative for smokers to use in places where they were not allowed to smoke.
This is a topic that requires a more lengthy response than a forum post. Short answer, ecigs are the answer for someone who wants to quit cigarettes, but they are not a replacement for someone who loves tobacco. Here’s a plug for my vaping site, and in addition to the content you’ll find links there to both US and European distributors for my own brand of eliquid, which is the closest you will get to a tobacco experience in eliquid. I’ve taken the summer off from writing in case you notice my last article was some time ago.
The only other self promotion I’ll do regarding this is to mention that each one of my juices is a natural tobacco extraction and contains nothing but tobacco, PG, VG, nicotine and in the case of Stockholm, natural anise flavoring. Most tobacco eliquid is a sad joke that will simply offend a tobacco lover. My goal was to create a line that wasn’t. We succeeded in doing so, but I’ll be the first to tell you that I find tobacco more compelling.
I agree with cakeanddottle. I quit cigarettes with e-cigarettes, but found myself wanting more satisfaction, and less charging of batteries. Snuff, for me, was the answer. I quit e-cigarettes with snus, and have quit snus with snuff and an occasional pipe. The English tobacco tradition is the place to be, if you ask me.
Yeah I unintentionally gave up snus when I started taking snuff.