This would not paste however I tried to do it. I have typed the email instead. The only change I made was putting pounds in parenthesis because I have no idea where a GBP symbol on my keyboard is. Otherwise, the email is verbatim. The reference to chocolate orange, rum and raisin, and Grand Cairo was based on my inquiry. Guys, I am seriously going to miss Grand Cairo.
Good afternoon and thank you for your enquiry.
Following the UK government’s adoption of European anti-tobacco legislation called ‘The Tobacco Products Directive 2’ it has now become necessary for us to register all of our flavours of snuff with Public Health England.
The cost for this is 260 (pounds) per annum for each flavour. Some of our flavours sell in very small quantities. We have therefore had to make the very disappointing decision to discontinue nearly 40 flavours that would have become unprofitable due to these costs, including chocolate orange, rum and raisin and possible Grand Cairo.
We are very sorry but hope that our customers will understand that, unelss we make a profit on sales of snuff, we will go out of business entirely.
So, does all this stuff mean that our favorite snuffs from WoS, Poschl, etc, WON’T be available? I’m getting mixed messages. I heard from somewhere that F&T won’t sold any longer. I know Jaap in Holland has to close the windmills, so I’ve ordered all I can from him. Now, if I understand what I’ve read, this stuff is for the EU. Does that mean we here in the land of Trump won’t be effected?
It is confusing, mrmanos. I understand that we can still buy snuff. Wilson’s is dropping a lot of their flavors of snuff and, apparently, concentrating on the best sellers. I think the Germans have until next year sometime to comply. So far, Toque is steaming along full speed and we can still get whatever we want from them. You might want to grab some of those economy bags :D.
One of the things I heard about was a limitation on tins to 5 or 10 grams. MrSnuff still has the bulk containers but you have to place them as a separate order, or so the site stated when I tried to put a tub of snuff in the cart. I have also seen some products on his site that state they cannot be ordered by EU citizenry.
I am taking no chances. I just got some payments from customers in, so I will be binge buying tomorrow and perhaps even more the following weeks.
I still cant believe they did this. Most people don’t even know what snuff is.
@mrmanos, the email I got from poschl indicated they wouldn’t be suffering to much from the law, just having to change names.
I’m all stocked up on SG, GH and WoS now. I’ve added a couple of Indian snuffs too, as I got them cheap. Need to find some more funds to get a bit of F&T tucked away. I’ve held off on Toque and McC bulk so far, as it looks like they’re continuing as normal for the most part - although I already had a full jar each of Berwick Brown and Plain Coarse cellared anyway…
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