My tobacco using friends are almost non-existent. I’m contemplating sending my Dad back in the UK a few choice beginner snuffs as he smokes like a chimney and really should at least cut down. Moving to Auckland at the end of January so might have more luck finding a snuff buddy in the city
I know a reasonable number of people who will partake if offered, but no-one who’s a regular like myself. I re-introduced the magic powder to a friend of mine who used to take snuff regularly in the past, and he got right back into it, but has recently stopped because he had issues with high blood-pressure and felt nicotine might not be helping this. Strange though - there must be other people in my town snuffing, because otherwise the tobacconists wouldn’t stock it. I did a bit of vague market research at a tobacconist’s in the town centre the other day, on noticing that they no longer had a tap-box of Gawith Apricot on display in the window. The owner told me they’d stopped carrying it because there was no demand, and said that the biggest sellers were Red Bull and Hedges. But in three years of taking snuff and buying the more “standard” brands from that shop, I’ve never found myself in a queue with someone else who was buying snuff.
So the other night I was showing my wife some examples from the Snuff Stash and after inhaling some right off the tin, she was quite perplexed. I don’t think she expected the awesome nutty, floral or spicy scents- I believe she thought it would smell of ground up camel regulars, in an ashtray Notably, old Mill Solstice made her actually say she would like to try some soon. Unbelievable, I never thought she would be into it but as an ex-smoker I don’t think she really knew what snuff could be. So, I’ll update when she actually does it…in the meantime she likes to hear some of the stories that get told around here and the history etc. So, who knows?