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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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) ?
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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.
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For me snuffing tends to fbe fairly regular, maybe 3 times an hour.
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sometimes I take some time off from snuff and about a third of those times I get a damn flu or cold.
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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.
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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 
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I snuff about 20-25 times a day. Usually slower in the morning…picking up steam after my first coffee by 11am.
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