I cannot help but do this. With every nonsmoker whom I have had the occasion to drink alcohol with since I started snuff, I have always and everywhere followed the same pattern, and it has always and everywhere resulted in the nonsmoker taking snuff. The pattern follows as such: Upon meeting the nonsmoker, immediately pull out a tin, place snuff on the hand with the side of the tin’s cap and take a sniff. Explain the notion of snuff to these noobs: snuff was the first widespread form of tobacco use upon Europeans, instituted by the aristocracy in the 16th and 17th centuries of France and England respectively, and only fell out of favor upon the invention of the cigarette. If they are particularly offended by tobacco as some nonsmokers are apt to be, state some vague comment about the reduction of cigarette consumption that has occurred since you started taking snuff, and the offended nonsmoker is relaxed inextricably. The next step immediately involves the pursuit of alcohol. In the meantime, continue to take sniffs at an extreme pace, so that by the next step they have been completely adjusted to your use of snuff: at the sniff you take where they do not flinch is when you know you are ready. This is important! Do not try to convince them to snort tobacco until they are fully comfortable with your snorting thereof. At the very hint that the nonsmoker has been altered by alcohol (the goal is to get them to take snuff without being drunk, as this would be too easy), take out the tin, place the snuff on your hand with the tin’s cap, and sniff it; immediately measure out a smaller pinch with the tin’s cap, physically grab their arm and roll their hand into the proper snuff taking position. Place the snuff on their hand and command them to sniff it. They will generally refuse to a single time; a simple follow-up will have them sniff it, guaranteed. The notion that they will refuse at this point is bullshit. They will absolutely not. I have only tried this with four people, but am convinced of its efficacy.

I’ve had mixed results both with smokers and non-smokers. Some people are just naturally more adventurous than others. Grabbing their arm and dosing it for them is a novel idea. Maybe that’s a good approach. It reminds of the scene in the movie “Bagdad Cafe” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og7vlRpZCVw Sorry I could only find the French dubbed version on youtube, but jump to 7 minutes in to see snuff (and nonsnuffers bafflement by it). At about 0:07:50, he puts snuff on the hand of the bartender, who prompty brushes it off again. At about 0:08:50 the snufftaker has gone, and the bartender and the cleaning guy try to figure out exactly what it is.

Sorry. I found it in English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56OYfaN722Y Add one minute to the times in the previous post, so start at 8 minutes in, unless you want to watch the whole movie.

I am not to sure about efforts to create more snuffers by using a influence of alcohol. I have noticed that folks will show a natural interest just by you doing it. Exposing someone to nicotine that has never done it might have a serious affect on them when it starts to kick in especially in you take in account that they will more than likely snort it. Just an opinion, nothing more

You guys are such a bad influence! The seedy places I hung out at; just cut lines out and it would been gone no questions asked, except can you front me a bag?

Well if it’s _ my _ snuff they’re trying out they’ll only be taking tiny pinches, you can be assured of that!

@Xander haha; that is great. @MattheFox this is a good point; using alcohol would be cheating now that I think of it. I assumed tipsy would be OK, but that would make it all too easy. As I pointed out on SnusOn, I gave my mother a snus when she was having a headache, and she got sick for about 3 hours and threw up (quite a bit). So with Snuff, I generally give small amounts to show them the flavor, rather than the nicotine (unless they are smokers).