Mainly I barely smoke now. I mostly snus and snuff. I never intended to alter my habits. I started snuffing more because my girlfriend doesn’t do well with cigarette smoke. So I got more into snuff because I could do it in my home. Then I figured snus would be great for work so I wouldn’t have to nic between spare cigarette breaks. First thing after trying snus and using snuff casualy I lost all interest in cigs (well occasionaly I’ll really want one). Still touch the pipe on occasion but am less likely too just because it cuts into snuffing time. (actualy the pipe is for contemplation and heavy drinking.)
I used snuff for a couple years before I quit smoking cigs (I still have the rare pipe now and then) but when it came time to give them up, it was a godsend. I’d say it reduced my tobacco use, but snuff led me in to occasional snus and chew, so I guess I broke even. I do feel that the smokeless is considerably less risky, though.
It’s been the one thing to get me away from cigarettes.
@ least_weasel Serious as a heart attack. The idea that snuff taking is good for the sight is pretty near universal and consistent through history.
How?
OT - I suffered migraine’s irregularly and increasingly. And yet, I’ve had only one incident in the past 4-5 months, after I started replacing smoking with snuff. I think there’s some history to support the belief that this can happen. I don’t want to sound like a quack doctor, this has just been my own experience. I’d be very interested to know if others have noticed a similar effect. snuffster - How indeed.
My cigars and pipes just sit in the respective humidors. I might break out the pipe twice a month. same with the cigars. But I haven’t smoked cig’s since i started snuff over 3 years ago.
I feel better since stopping smoking but that’s down to stopping smoking not snuff. As pro-tobacco as I am I don’t think taking snuff has any health benefits per se, although I think it may make certain symptoms more bearable, eg headaches seem to respond to a pinch of snuff but I’m not sure that’s the same as saying snuff is good for headache type complaints.
I don’t get much from cigarettes after starting snuff.
I’ve seen snuff stop some serious migraines. It definatly works on it sometimes.
which has got to be some kind of vaso-dilation type thing? Like if I am completely congested with a cold, a massive pinch will give me completely free sinuses for a while, downside you have a bunch of crap up there that makes you get a rebound effect.
@Nigel. I disagree. When I have a headache a pich of Hedges soothes it better than any pain killer. Hedges is definately my medicine snuff, it sorts colds out and headaches. Good stuff. Stefan
I have been smoking since 11. Occasionally till I was 12. Then from 13 on about a pack a day. Started dipping at 15, about a can a week, now im smoking 2-6 cigartettes a day, a can of cope snuff a week, and about 10 pinches a day. Hoping to move to 0 cigarettes a day but snuff just doesnt help the craving of the feeling of smoke in my lungs
@Brandasaur Then you need an ecig. Feels like you’re smoking and you get the whole hand to mouth thing… Ecigs and snuff- the only way I quit smoking. They work.
Well I used to smoke cigs and dip, since I found snuff (and this site), I now smoke cigs,dip,smoke pipe the occasional cigar,snuff, hookah here and there, dabble in snus and try any new form of baccy I come across. And I love it all! LOL but I would say it has cut my cig use down specifically.
I hate ecigs, they burn my throat and just dont feel right. Same as the inhalers. Slowly replacing snuff with cigs is working hehe
That almost certainly was from A. the type of liquid you were using or B. Human Error. I know I could find you something that would work. Anythings’ better than smoking.
@snuffster. It’s probably at least partialy vasoconstriction actualy. There seems to be more to it then that. If it was the narrowing of blood vessels Then any nicotine would help. Seems to be a series of effects that really aren’t well looked into. Eventualy we’ll know though.
@walrus1985 dont get me wrong Stefan, I do agree it works very well, especially Hedges, for a headache. In fact an old friend who doesn’t use snuff swears by Hedges for headaches and keeps a can just for that reason. My comment was more about nasal congestion with colds, snuff helps me for a few minutes and then rebounds on me, but then I am a heavy user and no one said you should snuff heavily with a cold! On Ecigs - which I don’t really use- I found a disposable one on vacation for £5, made by 10 motives. I tried it for the hell of it and found it to be exactly like smoking a slightly weaker than average Marlboro light. Surprisingly pleasant and lasted about as lomg as a pack of cigs in total.
Theres several different ecigs out there. Some can be stronger than a cigarette. Some weaker. It depends what strength and nic level you choose. As well as the liquid. You can choose some with a PG base (propylene glycol) or VG base (vegetable glycerine). Often people have allergic reactions to one or the other. I don’t have any but alot do.