I want some of your feeling and experiences on taking snuff everyday, multiple times per day. It has become a part of my day. I carry at least one or two flavors with me wherever I go. Should I be giving my nose a rest now and then?

I took a week off recently and didn’t notice anything when I started again or when I stopped. I was snuffing 6-12 pinches a day for about six months and went up to maybe 30 pinches in a long day. I never smoked cancer sticks but I do enjoy pipes and cigars. I don’t like nicotine much and don’t have much tolerance for it. If I take too much snuff I feel bad, like when you have too much coffee. After awhile you get a rhythm going. Just let how you feel decide what to do.

I have never even considered giving my nose a break.

I have been snuffing all day everyday since the 1st time I ever tried it, about a month and a half ago. I did try to take a day off, but ended up snuffing around 4pm that day. I have never counted my daily sniffs. Sometimes my nose will run, and I’ll blow it, and then take another. But it seems others must be doing it more than me, as I can’t imagine running out for an extremly long time with the snuff I have collected, so I mean I snuff all day long, what I think are decent sized sniffs, but I hardly make a dent in my tins, of course I switch off all the time too. I don’t know if I am chemically hooked, but I find it just such a fun and enjoyable thing, I like to do it, and don’t see a real reason not to.

My nose is fine. I’m probably taking something like 20-40 pinches a day, but I never counted. I’m more worried about my throat than my nose. I seem to have to hawk and spit a lot, or try to wash it down with hot tea. I guess I just need to blow before I think I do.

I pretty much take snuff all day now as it has all but replaced my cigarette habit. I’ve noticed I’ve steadily increased the amount and frequency of my nicotine dose (over the last 6 months or so) without any noticeable effects on the schnazola. I breathe much better and the sinuses are more open than they have ever been. I have no idea how much snuff I use a day, but my use is frequent (several times an hour, much more than when I smoked) and steady, just the way I like it,

8-10 hits a day, usually 4-5 during work hours and the remainder in the evening.

I probably take upwards of 25 hits a day. Sometimes my nose will clog up so I will ease up for a bit, other than that, it’s full speed.

No idea about how many pinches, but I consume about 8-10 grams a day (KB Original, London Brown, Princes and Best Dark) and have done for decades. With fine snuffs like Irish D Light daily consumption is probably no more than 6-8 grams. My old silver and rosewood snuffbox is deep and long and allows one to gather a good sized wedge of snuff.

I have taken snuff everyday, all day, for the last 4 months since I stopped smoking. I have noticed an improvement in my respiratory health and therefore my overall fitness. Some of the darker snuffs can give you a moustache though. How many pinches a day? Never counted, but I get through about 1-2g per day.

Everyday, all day, for about 10 years now.

Most days for about 30 years now, although I will have rests every now and again for a few days, not for any particular reason, just my addiction to snuff is far less agressive than my addiction to smoke was. The modern consensus seems to be that snuffing, without any contra indications connected to the individual, is fairly harmless along the lines of coffee drinking. I never give health concerns a second thought and there are no reported cases of dry snuff, taken nasally, causing anyhting worse than congestion from over use. Apparently one idiot got ear cancer from poking it in that particular orifice for 40 years, but to the best of my knowledge that is the sole case. And as famously stated, Wilsons have yet to have single health suit filed after over 200 years of continuous manufacture and marketing. Enjoy…

On days that I don’t have to write any papers, it will be between 15-20 pinches a day. But when there is a paper (sometimes more than one) due, I will have a pinch every half hour. This is because I need to stay awake 24/7 and I found snuff can help me stay alert (with the help of pots and pots of coffee of course). It’s really not healthy at all.

everyday , about 4-5 gr per day !

I think it’s about 20-30 pinches a day. I take Schmalzler a lot, so there’s a plenty going up my nostrils!

You can olnly judge for yourself whether or not your nose needs a break, you can usually tell as your nose will get very blocked or red and sore so snuffing isn’t fun anymore, then its time for a break! When I first started snuffing my nose got sore on a few occasions, now I can snuff all day and my nose doesn’t complain at all.

Has your intake gone up Laz?

Roderick, I also only snuff when I want to…and I “want to” about 6 times per hour.

It depends on what I am doing that day and what snuff I am using. If I am writing a my computer and it is something I have to think about as I am doing it I can use 10g in a day. Most week days when I am out and about I have 4 or 5 snuffs to start my day and I would say a gram or two when I get home. I dip more during the day than snuff so I do 2 or 3 during the day.

I switch snuffs off and on throughout the day. It might be interesting to just use one for a day, and see how big a dent my normal usage makes in it. But I like the variety and assortment, so I don’t know if I will do that.

Geezzz… I’m just one step removed from being a a ‘teatotaler’ amongst this crowd.

To me it varies; some days I pinch every ten minutes, throughout the day, while other days I pinch only a few times. It depends on the snuff type also - with a dark moist snuff, I definitely pinch more often, than with a High Toast type.

I think I am a chain snuffer. But many times, I’ll get the nose run, dab a bit, then eventually have to blow, and then to another pinch. But it is near constant use, unless I’m just busy and not just sitting at my desk. On the go, I usually grab a Poschl container. I think they make the best “on the go” snuffs.

I’ve seen myself go through 10gms in a day but this usually happens on my days off from work. I’m a maintenance technician by trade and i work in a very oily/greasy invironment so i tend not to indulge in snuffing too much in work (taking a pinch with oily hands somewhat diminishes the flavour a tad). If you ever want to call in to see me at work i’ll be the one with my safety glasses covered with snuff (as they hang around my neck). My keyboard on my pc suffers the same fate.

No actually snuffster, probably the opposite at the moment, when I first got into snuff I was using it every single day at least 10-15 times, nowadays I rarely use it 10-15 times a week…which would explain why I’m having trouble getting through my collection!

[quote]If you ever want to call in to see me at work i’ll be the one with my safety glasses covered with snuff (as they hang around my neck). My keyboard on my pc suffers the same fate.[/quote] LMAO! Mine end up the same way. One of these times I’ll put them on and get my eyes full of snuff. And I dumped probably a 1/2 gram out of my keyboard the other night. I guess I should have tried it.

One big reason I snuff alot, aside from really liking it and taking to it right away, is my very boring desk job as a file clerk. I can literally sit here all day, and snuff, and brouse the internet. of course I do get my work done too.

If I had a desk job I would snuff all day long but unfortunately my job involves being ‘out and about’ alot and its not always practical to use snuff.

More often when I’m not working. I don’t have a desk bound job which might be good thing if taking excessive snuff is found to be actually bad for you. I like a bit of twist tobacco if I’m doing gardening or such like to keep me perked-up.

I’m generally at a desk all day. Typically I have a pris of snus in all day and will pop open the snuff tin 2-3 times an hour. As it’s allergy season in Texas my mentols travel with me.

No clue, i do snuff all day everyday i go true a 10gr tin in about 2-3 days, so i sniff less them some and more then other!!!

Alright! I am starting to get a little jealous. So much snuff, so little time.

Collierboy, I have the same problem w/ keyboard, May have to get a mini vac!! All day every day back to back at work I take like 4 with me on my forklift and usually a few more in the breakroom in a bag I usually take with me.Also seem to dip and snuff concurrently at work but since my newfound love of snuffing has taken over , i have not taken any of my “moisties” from my sack as I enjoy the Scotches, Maccoboy and Checkerberry more orally and love the versatility of them!!!

@Snuffster same goes for me, I take breaks every now and then, usually without notice, and most likely because I don’t have that same level of addiction that cigarettes had on me; I a way more in control with snuff.

@Vito445 It’s a weird thing, I mean it has all the nicotine and alkaloids that smoked tobacco has - maybe the other substances in smoke make for a more aggressive adiction. If I go on a journey and forget the snuff box its no big deal, with cigarettes I would have been willing to kill for one. I’ve always had the occasional smoke since I moved from snuff and smoke to only snuff and usually quite enjoyed it, but last week I had one and it tasted truly awful, no enjoyment whatsoever. Hard to work out what I ever got from it.

Every day, at my desk at work probably a pinch very 20 mins or so depends on the Snuff and how long the aromas last, Wow Apple pie doesn’t last long and 6 Phot Kailash lasts longer.I also tend to dip into different snuffs during the day, but go to the bit hit snuffs when things begin to drag Snuffstore Cafe Noire.I normally have 10 or so on my PC and just enjoy them as they take my fancy.

I don’t need to snuff every day but why shouldn’t I ? My clock is running out I only have 30+/- years left .Is that enough time to enjoy the variety of attainable snuff? never!

When I’m at work?  2-3 times an hour.
When I’m at home?  2-3 every couple of hours.

As and when I want to.

Stefan

every 30 minutes whether I need it or not

I’d recommend not to, because I did all the time for a long time, and I’m not sure what it was, the amount, the types, or what, but I had to quit for a while, as I had constant congestion and it was not enjoyable at all. I took a long while off, and got a can of some scotch snuff, but am keeping the usage moderate.

I try to sneak in a couple, maybe three at work. Usually a couple at home too.

About 20 pinches a day for me. The best is when I wake up and snuff up first thing in the morning, really makes you feel fresh and takes away the grogginess when you have to be up early! Also when I get home from a long day I eat my tea and take a pinch then, makes you feel relaxed and refreshed after a day full of stress and work.

But to the point, yeah I’m sure it’s fine to snuff up everyday, just remember to stop if you feel pain or irritation. Also remember to blow your nose regularly too, as what goes up must come down!

I snuff about 4-5 times a day, but I tend to do about three pinches per nostil when I do.

I snuff about 20 times a day but I am a beginner (4 months) and I am trying to perfect my technique so I try a lot of times but with small pinches.

I would love to use snuff on daily bases but it’s like candy to me so i get bored with it and have to change to snus. I’ve taken like couple pinches in the last two weeks.

@dm_lasse I never tried snus but I read that it contains huge amounts of Nicotine.

It really is not easy for me to snuff at work because I am wearing gloves and moving around and sweating most of the time. So other than break and lunch I will be snusing. Evenings and weekends I snuff much more, never counted but 20-25 might be right. I too came to use the smokeless stuff as a route to quit smoking and have come to realize that this stuff is nowhere near as harsh mistress as cigarettes were. I don’t go batty if I forget my snuff or snus and the good smokeless is rarely in retail shops. Since I am still a newb at this I do many different snuffs during the day, so at some point I would actually try to stick with one for a day so I could actually see how much I am using.

@willc Your a better man than me. I would definitely go batty if I left my suff at home. No nicotine, no brain workie workie

@ItsMajick That’s no lie.  I spend most of my day pouring over court proceedings and if I didn’t have something to relax me I’d probably find myself the subject of one of said proceedings lol!

Whenever I can!
I can’t really think of a time other than when I’m sleeping when I don’t have snuff in my nose.  And it’s a toss up even THEN!
It doesn’t bother me unless I’m sick, then I might take a day or so off but I’m always anxious to start back up!
Not so much because I NEED MY NIC but because I love to take out my box, scoop up a spoon or a pinch, and feel that burn and taste/smell that beautiful aroma of fine tobacco and fragrance.
I savor it.

@Irish_Nick LOL. that made me spit out my tea

Willc reminds me of when I worked in kitchens. Snus definatily kept me sane. Interestingily I just checked out this link to say that the more consistentily I snuff through out the day the less it seems to irritate. And yes if I don’t have my snus or my snuff I get just as cranky and non-brain working then with cigs. It just seems to take a longer time to get there.

@bob I wished that I knew about snuff and snus when I worked in the food industry.
Just about everybody smoked and it can be quite a high pressure environment so the quick smoke is treasured by all who are able to fit one in.
I know I would get a bit moody and antsy towards end of shift without a bit of nic fix.

yeah it’s why I started snusing. So I wouldn’t have to start nicing while working. Just too stressfull. The snus helped tremendousily.

I snuff occasionally at work, but have gone a whole day without if I’ve got lots to do, which I think is a good thing as it shows I’m doing it because I want to, not because my body is demanding some nicotine (I’ve never smoked). When I’m at home in the evening I enjoy trying out the various makes and types I have, and by now (almost 11 at night) I’m usually feeling mellow with the nic floating around my bloodstream. How many pinches will vary on mood, but I’ve never counted them.

My nose is better with snuff than without it… Snuff is my non-medicinal decongestant!

20 to 40 times a day sounds about right for me too.

I’ve never counted…but lately I’ve been sliding open a box between 20 to 40 minutes (depending on what I’m doing), until I go to bed.

When I am away from home at work or class I rarely use it, but when I am working at home, or sitting on the computer my designated snuff drawer in my desk is always opening and shutting.

Same as a lot of you, pretty much all day every day. When I’m at work its usually about once every half hour to an hour, or whenever I can get back to my locker, but on days off / in the evening its about once every 10-15 mins. I always have my Sharrow sliding box full of and SP with me…always. If I go out and forget my phone, nevermind. If I go out and forget my snuff, I have to go back. HAVE TO.

I’ve never really kept track of how much snuff I use, but just as a guess, I’d say I use about a pinch every 15 minutes when at work. I use a little less at home, maybe a pinch every half an hour or so. No ill effects from my use, so I don’t really think about it. Occasionally, I’ll use much less, but there’s no real reason for it.

I am snuffing constantly…for sure

Snuff is sometimes the only sane way to be yourself. don´t stop!

I do two in the morning, usually something strong. Then another after lunch and one in the afternoon. Late nights working on projects, nearly constantly.

My question would be, is it safe to stop using snuff? How often and for how long do you put your snuffbox down? I’m worried that if I didn’t have some snuff in my nose, my head might explode. :-?

sometimes I just forget to snuff if my mind is occupied w/ something else. then I’ll get the urge late afternoon. most days though, I snuff about 2-4 times an hour. so anywhere between 30 and 60 pinches going on a 15 hr day.

Snuff is the only nicotine product I use. I don’t snuff at all before or during work, I just do it in the evening to unwind when my daughter’s in bed. Yesterday we were all out for dinner so I didn’t snuff at all and the day before that I was just to busy to sit down and snuff. I do it because I enjoy it, not because I’m a slave to nicotine and after 15 years chained to cigarettes I sure hope it stays that way!!

I would go so far as to say it’s advisable to snuff every day.

I have actually never counted how many pinches I take, but i am never without some kind of wonderful scent in my nose all day.

Basic rule is : “The more the better”… >:)

My question would be, is it safe to stop using snuff? How often and for how long do you put your snuffbox down? I’m worried that if I didn’t have some snuff in my nose, my head might explode. :-?

LOL. Hey, how come we don’t have a LOL button next to the ‘agree’ and ‘like’ ones?

I don’t snuff during the day, but in the evening after dinner it’s just the thing–sometimes it’s nice to be outrageously stuffed full of snuff too.

All day, everyday :-SS :D/

I started using snuff once I realised I didn’t have to burn tobacco to enjoy it. Initially my snuff intake was pretty high, partly coz I was quitting the cigs, partly novelty factor and partly getting the dose right. Since I got the dose right though my usage has decresed and now is pretty much as and when. That said I do generally seem to binge at night fairly hardcore.

I work at a computer all day and take small pinches almost continuously for maybe a half hour and then go for a time without it just seems to happen that way. I’m trying to develop my left hand technique, most of my wwork is mouse, CAD. It suprising that my left hand is not as good at handling the finer snuffs. I keep some Q-tips in my pocket when I feel too plugged I go in the bathroom and clean out my nose with a wet q-TIP rinsing in the sink. Allows me to get a fresh start. I think if you watch that the nic doesn’t get you sick, your nose will handle it. I like to do a good cleaning every night before bed with a Saline spray and the q-tips.

every 10-15min ? break for sleep only

at home I take a pinch or spoonful every 20-30 minutes in each nostril.

@bigbuyer - Is it OK to snuff everyday?? God I hope so! My nose does get somewhat of a break in the summer months when I prefer cigars. Other than that its several pinches a day for me.

February 30th is stop using snuff day! Please observe

every 10-15min ? break for sleep only

Why break for sleep? Snuff in your sleep too!

Boy, some of you guys really seem to be snuff fiends! So far, I’ve snuffed maybe once every hour and a half because I’m trying out lots of new ones and finding out what I like, but I’d like to keep my long-term consumption to an 8-a-day maximum and 4 to 6-a-day more typically, given that I also smoke a pipe. We’ll see how that goes.

Every hour or so.depends what I’m doing and the mood.big dose before bed helps me sleep.

Oh yes… MULTIPLE times daily…

@Jacobin… welcome… Good luck with 8 times a day…LOL…keep posting back and let us know how that’s going… Lol…( even if you are a pipe smoker) I foresee very soon (Easter weekend ?) double digit snuffing times on the horizon… I’m sure other members will agree. Good Luck and welcome again.

i pinch several pinches at one time totally 80-100 pinches a day.

i pinch several pinches at one time totally 80-100 pinches a day.

im wondering, i use daily, but i dont often clear it out. usually most comes out in the shower, or when i use abraxas premium. it doesnt seem too bothered about staying in my nose, should i be clearing it more? doesnt seem to affect the nic or scent, though it seems to make large menthol pinches more bearable.

All day, bails. no counting. waiting on one order to arrive, just to place another. Lovin’ it!

I’ve only been snuffing for about 3 months, and I’d say I snuff about 5-6 times a day, more on the weekends.

I’ve been awake about 2 hours and had about 20 pinches and 3 mugs of caffiene and my head is about to take off. I think I’m going through a newbie phase, hopefully1 Anyhow, it was nice knowing you all.

I usually have a bump about every 45mins to an hour through out the day. I do it about every 15 mins when I’m drinking lol.

I snuff every 10-15 minutes if I have no good reason not to. Maybe 70-100 pinches a day?

I usually take a few pinches in the car before leaving for work. At work, a snuff box goes from my pocket to my desk and I snuff whenever I feel like it, usually a 5-10 an hour depending on how busy I am. Definitely grab a few pinches before long meetings. A few more pinches in the car before driving home. If I find the time to relax with a pipe, many more pinches. Maybe a couple before bed if I feel like it. I’ve never smoked cigarettes, just cigars and tobacco pipes. I don’t think I have a nicotine addiction from my tobacco use, since I’ve gone days/weeks without tobacco. How agreeable I am without it, well… Maybe ask my wife

ALL DAY(several times hourly), rinse before bed, sometimes. And light/occasional pipe and cigar smoking. Beats the cigs for sure! Squash the butts, get the snuffs!

YES as often as time prevails .

@Lazarus and all - No specific advantage being at a desk since nowadays most work places where people are at desks have CCTV cameras. Not sure how I should snuff there.

8-15 pinches from evening to night. Very few (3-4) in the daytime since I’m working and can’t afford to let anyone see me snuffing at my desk.

A large pinch every 10-15 minutes all day. Have a table box on my desk at work. About 8-10g daily.

I pinch in the PM, after lunch until the late evening, on average maybe 3 times an hour.

I pinch every ~15 minutes when at home, every 30-40 minutes when working or commuting. Impossible to say how many grams a day because I have too many containers opened and use 4-5 varieties daily, but I’m guessing it’s less than 5g/day.

I have a strict rule that I’ll only snuff when I fancy a pinch, and not a moment before. The intervals could be five minutes or five hours, it matters not. On average, this probably equates to about 20g a week

i try not to worry about it. if my nose falls off when i’m 60 that’s fine.

I plan to live a good sight past 60 and still be snuffing so my nose had best stay where it is.

I take a pinch before I get up every morning. Then a little more with coffee. I think I probably use snuff all the time, except when I’m outside doing farm things. And even then, I always have a tin or 3 in my pocket. Depending on how I’m feeling, I can take just one pinch, or several. I think I’m a hopeless addict.

I keep my snuff on the bookshelf at the office and only take a pinch when I stand up to do something.  I used to keep a tin at my desk but it’s messy, can be frowned upon, and I pinch too much.

Around 20 times per day I guess. I’m curious on how often I take a pinch exactly so I just downloaded “thing counter” for the smartphone to track it. I’ll see if the estimation was correct tomorrow evening.

As a snuffer, I find you learn to know your nose. And if by some unlucky chance I do develop problems im sure I will probably notice it before it gets bad enough to cause death or very serious problems.

At least I would like to think I would

Very true about knowing your nose @Aamon. I snuff before anything else in the morning - it’s the very first thing I do. A cup of tea / coffee comes second. I’ll then carry on until night time, probably around 5-10gms per day. In work I have to space pinches out for longer, but make up for it by making them much bigger.

I think I have pretty abnormal snuff habits. I will do about 10 giant pinches in a row–literally as much as I can pile on the flat end of a snuff spoon–and then wait for the N train. Sometimes I do that twice in a row; I do that maybe 3 times during the work day and once more before bed.

Probably about once every 10/15 mins on a normal day, every couple of mins if I’m having a cold beer (which is most evenings) ?

Ditto PaulG: quite a lot by today’s standards, I would judge, but a pitifully trivial amount from what I read of some snuffers of the past.

I don’t have a timespan rule, but I’ve got a personal guideline: I ask myself if I’m taking snuff like I used to smoke cigarettes (because I needed it) or how I now enjoy cigars (because it’s a pleasure). That seems to work out to snuffing two or three evenings a week - maybe a pinch every 15 minutes for a couple of hours.

For me snuffing tends to fbe fairly regular, maybe 3 times an hour. 

sometimes I take some time off from snuff and about a third of those times I get a damn flu or cold. 

i used to chew nicotine gum about 12 pieces or more a day…basically always chewing strong gum…now i snuff all day…i am quite new to it and i went a bit crazy snuffing none stop…but now the novelty has worn off …i know what  i like and pinch better, if im real busy i dont snuff at all…and when i relax i may snuff continuously…but i used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day, so i love nicotine…

Im sleeping a lot better since quitting the gum, so i take it i am not getting as much nicotine from the snuff, or maybe it just affects me in a different way…I am not afraid of snuff, and i dont expect to be for at least 8 years…after that i may rethink…but i expect my intake will have dropped dramatically by then.

i estimate i take about 4 grams a day currently

If you get stuffed up or lose your sense of smell, cut back for awhile. If you have a rapid heartbeat, let the snuff wear off before taking more. If you have insomnia, avoid snuffing close to bedtime. In short, your body will tell you if you are snuffing too much. I would put myself at 40-60 per day.

16 months of enjoying snuff every day, except for a painful day or two at the beginning of the hobby when I ran out. That running out trained me to always have months if not years of snuff on hand. I enjoy it all day, from when I wake up to the last thing before bed. No I’ll effects perceived so far, unless you count all the time I spend on this board

I snuff about 20-25 times a day. Usually slower in the morning…picking up steam after my first coffee by 11am. 

I snuff most the day. About every 5-20 minutes. I slow down a lot at end of day when I’m about to go sleep. I use snus late night and just lay around. Tho I’ll take a few sniffs of something special before bed.

Sometimes its miserable 4 pinches a day. The other day I end up wondering where the heck did the half of the snuff go outside my tin in just a few hours… I think its around 25 g a week

The answer to this from my end now is that is NOT ok to NOT snuff every day The moment I stop snuffing for a day or two, it takes my nose longer to get used to it again. 

So I snuff all days, every day, anywhere, everywhere. 

I guess we snuff everyday because its tobacco and its addictive.

Otherwise we would snuff only in special occasions, like in a ‘perfect for a pinch moment’.

Interesting thread. I think I’ve been what you would call a most casual snuffer since the mid-nineties when I entered college and discovered the stuff in a wonderful place called Campbell’s (The Store With the Red Door) in East Lansing, Michigan. Out of doors, I’m a pipe smoker. Inside, it’s snuff. Perhaps a little over ten grams a week, estimated by my purchase of a tin a week. Some of you fellers must bleed brown! Humbling, to be honest with you.

I go through peaks and troughs depending on how many cigarettes I have smoked But on a good day I will pinch all day from any tin in front of me Though Id love to have a regular all dayer fingers crossed for Bernard Original!

I want to be honest. I d like to take more often a pinch or a nose of snuff. But during work - I mostly just forget to take snuff. LOL!

When I m at home - on weekends or during free days I use to take pinches most of the time. Or when I think about it.

In the evening I pinch all the time. I come up to 1 up to 4 gramm a day. Depending on what is going on. Just right now I have a mighty pinch of Viking Blonde in the nose…