i was wondering if the people who quit smoking with snuff do it, and just how long it took them to be smoke free? a fun question.
Though I actually quit by using the patch for 4 weeks and then treated myself to snuff I would say that to be successful you could use snuff in place of the patch. Use the snuff and don’t smoke at all anymore, no excuses. I haven’t smoked cigarettes in a few months now and have no desire to, and that’s after a pack a day for nearly 25 years. I also calculated how much I’d save in 4 months at $4-5 a day and went and spent the money. Basically a guilt trip on myself. If I spent one dime on cigarettes now I’d feel like a fool for spending the money.
The user and all related content has been deleted.
The user and all related content has been deleted.
i am proud of u all and plan on joing you smoke or cig free folks soon. i think it is time, i really do. i think your body and mind finally get to its end with smoking at tells u so, i know mine is… wish me luck… i have a weeks worth of cigs left then i will make my first big try in a long time…thank u all 4 the support, tim
The user and all related content has been deleted.
Why don’t you give that stupid new gimmick I see advertised on t.v. a try. Those gold plated magnets you wear on the top of your ear!!!
-BrianC I completely agree with your last post. It has been less than a week now that I have been using snuff. I was smoking about a pack a day. Well, I bought a fresh pack Monday morning and I’ve only smoked 9 of them so far. I have been training myself to use snuff in place of the cigs every time I get the urge to smoke. Yesterday I only smoked 1. Today I’m shooting for zero. I would also like to point out that I have been smoking for 14 years. -towler My father is currently down south (think Mississippi). He’s been sending cartons of smokes to me (Chicago) because they are so much cheaper there. 2 more cartons arrived yesterday and I already have one of them sold to a friend. As soon as I find another taker, the other one’s gone too. Get rid of the extra smokes! Remove the temptation.
Nice post Towler… I had a 40 cigarettes per day habit. Here’s how I moved over to snuff from ciggies. Firstly, try to make it not a ‘hard’ and final decision. Psychologically it’s easier to say to yourself I can smoke whenever I want, but I want snuff… Start replacing a cigarette with a pinch. Every time you fancy a smoke have a pinch instead. If you have a cigarette don’t sweat it, just realise that it was your choice to get your nicotine fix from a smoke that time rather than from a pinch of snuff… Then go back to having a pinch every time you have a craving. Rinse and repeat, if you falter, get up, dust yourself down, start again. It’s all a double bluff I realise, but speaking as someone who’s tried every kind of NRT from patches, spray, gum to hypnotism and finally holding metal balls and having positive energy charged through me… (No joke!) etc, and failed - snuff can be your saviour! Snuff is better I think than NRT because you have the paraphenalia… You have a snuff box, or a bullet and all the bits and pieces that go with it. There’s a ritual like with smoking… You have ‘tobacco’, you still get a nicotine hit. You’re still slightly ‘naughty’…! When you decide, you decide. Do it for you and for noone else, unless you really don’t want to stop… I gave up for all kinds of people, but giving up because it was my decision was the one that worked. You can then become a person who uses snuff to get their nicotine hit, but has the odd occasional cigar, pipe, cigarette if you want - that’s a nice feeling! I still smoke, but smoke when I want to, not the other way round. Do I want to stand outside the pub smoking in the freezing rain, or sit in the warm with my pint and snuff box…? Easy question! Best of luck and keep us updated.
Excellent question towler. Both my brother and my best friend (of 30 years…jeeze) gave up with snuff. Exactly as Nosebag described… that’s how they both see it. The reason snuff tends to work where other NRT does not is because of the super-fast uptake which is only marginally behind cigs (we are talking mere seconds, to at most 50 seconds difference); the hit is nice and hard and it takes a little longer to fade because of the residual effect of the snuff sitting in your nose. The paraphenalia and ritual is a good point to…personally i find myself rolling my wee tin around quite a lot; tapping the top; wee shake; another wee tap; slowly twist the lid in eager anticipation…first little whiff (if new) then a good old pinch right into the schnozz. If I remember to, I deliberately smile (if I am not already for some reason). I don’t know why but that increases the pleasure and effect considerably for me. The key I am told, and worth repeating in agreement with nosebag is: as soon as you want to smoke, snuff. Smile wait for one minute and chances are you will not want to smoke any more. Mr. Snuff
I just spent Thanksgiving with some rellies in Chicago. The parents of my brother in law are both former smokers: the lady went cold turkey and the gent has switched to pipe. I showed them a couple of snuffs i just happened to have in my pooch and it was very interesting to see the gradual change from ‘you’re kidding…up your nose?’ to ‘this is great, do you mind leaving it with us’. I sent them a pretty decent care package today; I only left them two tins so I figured they would need more soon. The lady has some back problems for which she is taking some serious meds…di-something or other. It makes her feel queasy and and low-energy. Snuff cured that! That was her reasoning why I had to leave my stash behind. She tells me, that while she hated to do it, there was no way I was taking them with me because she needs them more than I do! (all with a smile of course). it was a lot of fun. Point is, had they had snuff available to them when they were giving up the smokes, I’ll bet they would have had a much easier time.
I do not quit smoking completely, but I reduced a lot smoking using snuff, is more, I prefer snuff over all the rest of taking tobacco ways. Nowadays I only smoke some Dominican Cigars( I do not buy Havana, as I think I told before, because I don’t want to give no one euro to Fidel Castro)…and sometimes a good Pipe with a blend of Va.+Perique.
Good for you Macalpe. Screw Fidel Castro. I do have to admit I’ve always been curious about Havana’s and wonder if they are that great or if people just want what they can’t have (being illegal in America). Now if we can just get people to stop going to Citgo gas stations. It really pisses me off every time a see someone pull in to a Citgo and send their money to Hugo Chavez, who openly hates us and will inevitably screw us over with the money American’s gave him. I banned Citgo many years ago and anyone going there should have the taste slapped right out of their mouth. I’d walk before I’d fill up there. HEY US CITIZENS…DONT GO TO CITGO!!!
I have tried true Havana’s and was good but nothing real special to me. I think it is just the allure of having something your not supposed to have. I much prefer CAO cigars. The CAO CX2 being my favorite cigar. I also enjoy the Acid Cigars. And when I want something lighter and fairly cheap I go for the Smokin’ Ass cigars from Hawaii. And the infamous Backwoods tend to find there way into my mouth on occasion. Very cheap & not all that bad of a smoke. I don’t even know where to go to find a CITGO around here. I’ve seen them while traveling but there are none around me. I think there might be a few in Sacramento but I’ve never been to them. The same could be said to any oil from Iran. The last thing we need to do is support Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
macalpe, troutstroker just gave me an idea… I need to send you some ‘backwoods’ cigars… You’ll love 'em! I’ll get some in the mail to you tomorrow. They’re just a great simple american cigar that smells and tastes great.
merdock69, Backwoods are a Poschl product made primarily for the U.S. market by Altadis U.S.A!
Well, I guess I can add those to my list of many great things I own that come from Germany… My Miele vacuum, my BMW 323i, my poschl packards club snuff, my bayer aspirin, my knorr soups, my hk .45, my hk p2000, my hk USP, my mauser, my walther p38, my p08 luger, and now my ‘backwoods’ (err. poschl) cigars… Sorry Macalpe to get your hopes up…
Well he still may not have these available in Spain or never tried elsewhere in his travels. Might still be worth sending because they are good. Many other great German products I enjoy are Paulaner Hefe-weizen, Schladerer Williams Birne Pear Brandy, German stone ground mustard & my favorite the german sausage & the Muscat Hamburg grapes one of our local wineries uses to make their delicious Black Muscat wine.
Finck still carries an “Havana Blend” that has some pre-embargo 1959 crop Cuban in it that’s better than the few post-Castro Havanas that I’ve had. All Finck cigars are at least pretty good and they haven’t sacrificed their quality one whit. I’ve been smoking their cigars for around 38 years.
Good night to our American fellows. As you said, Havana are good cigars but at the same level than others great non Havana Cigars. I insist, Dominican are really good, smoothers and handmade Cigars, and also you have in USA very good and high quality Cigars. And we, here in Spain, have really first 100% pure tobacco Cigars made with Havana and Dominican seeds but made at our pretty Canary Islands. We may not forget that people from Canary Islands learn to Cubans to do the modern Havana “famous” Cigars. Canary people still continues making great handmade Cigars. I repeat NO ONE DOLLAR OR EURO TO FIDEL AND CHAVEZ!!!