that I use snuff. How did your loved ones and friends take it when you told them? My girlfriend think snuff is the grossest thing ever. She isn’t real keen on snus either. It gives my tobacco breath and she’s worried that I will get cancer. My family seen my collection of snus and they’re not real thrilled with my “chewing tobacco,” but they don’t know about my use of snuff. They’ll find out soon, but I’m worried they’ll freak. How did your loved ones feel?

Well, my mother died, my brother doesn’t talk to me but my unknown father turned out to be Silvio Berlusconi! All due to my snuffing.

There is no known scientific literature linking entorrhinal cancer (cancer of the nasal cavity) to the use of nasal snuff. It is by far the safest form of tobacco use. I took those first two sentences from the Mr. Snuff website. Just do some research on the health risks of snuff and let your family see it. Hopefully they will see that there are much worse things then snuffing. As far as I know snus is also a much safer form of tobacco then smoking or dipping.

Taking snuff may be seen as gross by many, but there is no known health hazard where cancer is concerned. In order to win over friends and family and avert criticism it is imperative that they are inveigled into taking snuff themselves. That’s the simple solution. I took snuff from the age of ten and as a habit, without censure from anyone, from 13 or 14. Even took it regularly at school. Others fellows who were caught smoking were always up for a flogging by the Head Master. Eccentricity seems less well tolerated these days.

I’ve been useing snuff for about 10 years on and off. About a week ago my wife asks me if I had a nose bleed, I said no, then what is that brown crusty stuff in your nose? She just found about my snuff use. said okay. edm

I smoke cigars and snuff. most of my friends and my wife really don’t like the smell of cigars. The snuff on the other hand is much less noticeable. My wife worries about how safe it is. I told her its probably the safest form of tobacco and now she is more or less ok with it.

My lady doesn’t seem to have a problem with it, I am sure she prefers me using snuff than smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco. Quite a few of my friends have taken to it actually. I think that I am the one who loves it to most though

I told one friend about it cuz he’s just gotten into snus. He was irritated about how much he was paying to have it shipped here in the U.S. I told him about the Toque website and how much cheaper it is to snuff. He ordered some Toque that day.

Yes! Convert them I say!

I am too old to care what anyone other than a judge thinks, but many of my family members and a few friends are unrepentant smokers. I have received some gentle ribbing in the past, but I have also converted a few as well.

My wife knew I wanted to get into snuff back before I did get back into it a few years ago. I didn’t really care what anyone thought of it in my family (not like they really would mind much of anything shy of death dealing narcotics) thought of it because I’m an adult and don’t really need to answer to them anymore. The ones that looked at me funny I explained it, let them try it and even have some on the way to conversion. Like NelsonPipeClub said unless your a judge your stance on what I use matters little to me and even if you are a judge your stance only matters if I am standing in front of you at the defendants table. As a side note…this would be IN NO WAY productive to winning your family over if they are for some reason restrictive but I ordered a Snuff Kit from Snuff Gear (A Mirror, SIlver spoon, Silver straw, and razorblade in a suede pouch) for certain snuffs that I actually take ungodly large amounts of at one time (some Indian types) Needless to say it looks like something Tony Montana or any fan of the Colombian variety of white snuff would have and when my wife saw that, like Lucy, I had some explaining to do.

I just took a pinch in front of them and if they asked I told them all about it. Most in my family would agree that its better than me smoking a pack a day. My sister thinks its gross to put stuff up my nose.

Yes, women seem to think anything to do with the nose is gross

Unless they are coke fiends. I’ve met a few of those in my years and they have NO aversion to nostril hobbies

Funny thing is back in the day women made up the majority of snuffers, that’s why most antique silver snuff boxes have flowers and other girly designs on them

My Gradma’s used to dip snuff! I think it is funny that girls think it is gross nowadays, and men think it is really manly. Hell, my Grandma’s were pretty tough though, according to my deddy! lol.

@The Nose Knows I have a schnifter snorter and I use it everyday. A friend of mine called it doing a “big fat Tony”. Always made me laugh.

My family found out about my habit when a tin fell out of my pocket and deposited its contents on my fathers carpet. And then only really when I explained what the powder was to my five year old son.

Ahh yes, the good ol’ schnifter! I got one myself, I didn’t expect it to be so big! But it is really nice .

My family are concerned about imagined health risks, but don’t seem to mind me smoking. I guess it’s all what you’re used to. On the up side, my wife loves the smell of McC Clove in my nose, and when I’m taking it I can pretty much guarantee plenty of kissin’. Now if I could just get that neighbor lady close enough…

@NelsonPipeClub & MikeMoose Yeah those schnifters are purty darn nice. I would soon like to acquire myself one of those Snojem snorters that look like a “Y”. There’s that plastic “snuff machine” snorter thing too that looks interesting. Snuff boys and their snuff toys. @ddavelarsen Now if only I could find a snuff scent that my wife likes that much! On the bright side I haven’t found any that she finds gross so I can’t complain.