I don’t know, after seeing my Mr. Snuff and Toque orders show up on my credit card statement, I’d say snuff is very harmful. Maybe not to my health, but at least to my wallet. 
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My wife and I were talking about the long history of snuff and health related issues (or lack thereof). I said, “In over 200 years of snuff use, the people who used it…” My wife interrupted with a smile, “They all died.” So there you have it. The people who used snuff 200 years ago all died.
Yep. I get the logic. Here is more of that kind of “thinking”… “It has been determined that in each and every case of a death of a human being, it is a fact that the person’s heart stopped beating. Therefore, everyone dies of heart disease.” Or how about this bit of “logic”… “In every single case of divorce that is known to have occurred, each and every one of those divorces was preceded by and correlated with marriage. Therefore, marriage is clearly the cause of divorce.” Heh-heh. 8-}
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is taking snuff harmful well “yes” if you help your self to my snuff with out asking X( but ask me for some snuff and its nice and safe 
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@BarkingLeopard It certainly is a hobby that will harm your bank account, however, it is completely worth it.
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@peter77 Oh, agreed. I can already tell that my biggest snuff challenge will be tracking my opinions on all the snuffs I ordered and ensuring that I use the snuffs with the more volatile flavors before they lose too much of their flavor.
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I was smoking but after switching to snuff my health condition got better, so I really believe that snuff is much better thatn
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Everything in life carries some level of risk and some things even the potential of harm. Not everyone will be troubled by what “could” happen as a result of doing something- be it skydive, taming of tigers, taking snuff or partaking of spirits, but those that do enter into the activity knowing of the potential. As an aside and purely anecdotal at-best but I would say that since putting down the cigarettes I feel much better. And unqualified by anything other than my own experience, but my wife and both kids were visited by what everyone calls the “funk”. A cross between the flu, a cold and some type of stomach bug; with accompanying symptoms and suffering. Tap on wood, but I have felt nothing of the sorts. While I can only anecdotally link snuff in my nose and perhaps down in my GI track as killing whatever it is off, I think there is something to it- despite being around my suffering family these past weeks AND having my fingers at my nose multiple times a day.
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Yeah when I start smoking cigarettes again for a couple days (something I do maybe every two months or so) I feel much more tired, grosser, heavier, less energy, etc. Snuff is so clean, just a good hit of nicotine with none of the other crap.
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I wouldn’t drive after taking big pinch of NB madras.That could be harmful 8-X
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It’s hell of a lot better for you than smoking. There is scientific studies to back that, much like with Snus (two of the safest forms of tobacco in my opinion). Yes there is SOME risk involved when it comes to snuff. But then again there is SOME risk involved when ever you drive to work or decide to eat something (food poisoning). I say relax and just enjoy it.
Actually, snus is very harmful.
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I have read somewhere that nicotine lowers HDL - good cholesterel - level. I had CBC recently, today I got the results - my HDL is 45… (minimum is 40, optimum >60). I do not know if it has something to do with snuff though, just sayin’.
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^^^^^^^ You can’t believe everything you read :^o some research is byass [bias] in that it supports a different agenda. For years they claimed tobacco causes cancer. one day they say eggs are bad later they say they are good. As an adult with a terminal disease called life, I am free to choose the vice that delights.
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It’s hell of a lot better for you than smoking. There is scientific studies to back that, much like with Snus (two of the safest forms of tobacco in my opinion). Yes there is SOME risk involved when it comes to snuff. But then again there is SOME risk involved when ever you drive to work or decide to eat something (food poisoning). I say relax and just enjoy it.
Actually, snus is very harmful.
According to what scientific research? The only thing snus is harmful to is the big tobacco and pharmaceutical companies
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The snus research showed a slightly elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, but not enough to be conclusive. The risk of pancreatic cancer in cigarette smokers was substantially higher. That was the only associated danger I have read about.
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The snus research showed a slightly elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, but not enough to be conclusive. The risk of pancreatic cancer in cigarette smokers was substantially higher. That was the only associated danger I have read about.
That study showed double the risk of Pancreatic cancer over a non tobacco user. From 2 in 100,000 to 4 in 100,000. For smokers the number was 8. I got better odds of winning the lottery. ( There has been some debate over the methods used in that study, which may invalidate all the findings.)
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I wouldn’t count on good medical care saving you if you get pancreatic cancer. About 100 % fatal and one of the nastiest, most painful cancers. But I don’t think your odds of getting it are very high. Although my father was one of the unlucky ones. I remember he asked the doctors if he should stop smoking and they said, Frankly, at this stage it won’t change much. He died with a Camel no filter in his hand, pretty much.
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I wouldn’t count on good medical care saving you if you get pancreatic cancer. About 100 % fatal and one of the nastiest, most painful cancers.
Don’t talk like this. I’ve got vegetative neurosis and I feel dizzy when I read such stuff. There is always hope (I hope).
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@Viertel, he lived the way he chose and had a full life, if a very unconventional one. One of the last things he said to me was: “I really recommend you don’t smoke – but don’t worry too much about drinking, there’s a lot of good in it.” So, to honor his memory and his advice, here I am on snuffhouse.
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A bit dated (depending on if you think 2003 was a long time ago) but this is a nice read. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/9049763\_Nasal\_snuff\_historical\_review\_and\_health\_related\_aspects/file/50463516f60bd173bb.pdf
Is switching to snuff a better health alternative for the cigarette smoker? Probably only in terms of avoiding the negative health effects associated with the tobacco combustion products on the cardiopul- monary system.14,19 The most important pathological mechanism – the one of nicotine dependency and abuse – remains.
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I wouldn’t say that nicotine abuse is the main pathological mechanism. It increases exposure to smoke-derived carcinogens that I’ll concede, but alone nicotine is merely a stimulant with a few contraindications. Sorry, that’s my degree in Medical Bioscience speaking…
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