Hello all, Just wondered what any one else thought of J&H Wilsons Medicated No99? I got mine about a week ago and have been dipping into it every now and again, but as my stock of O&G is getting low im trying to spread my nose elsewhere for a while. Its a really soft snuff (texture wise), a nice light brown colour and seems more moist than O&G. Its strong menthol, and another flavour? I am not sure what it is, is it camphor can any one tell me? Its almost honey like! Anyway, its not bad, strong stuff but has a bit of a burn when you take a pinch. Its not up there with O&G, for me at least, but its a nice change. Any one else like this one?

Hi Filek, yes it does have a kick! Do you know what the flavours of this snuff are? When you say strongest, do you refer to its nicotine content or its overall kick ass power!?

That’s one I’ve yet to try. Hedges L260 has a hell of a menthol kick too.

I would recommend giving it a try if you like menthol snuff. I have some Hedges on the way. In fact I have about 15 different snuffs ordered for me to indulge in over the Christmas period. I just hope they get here soon!

Hedges is good snuff if you like strong menthol, I’m just going to nip up to the newsagents and get some. I’m starting with a cold, so that’ll soon sort me out.

The Medicated no99 is now one of my very favourite snuffs. Its not to strong once you get used to it and has a great flavour and a hell of a nicotine kick. Its in my circulation of top 4 snuffs at the moment, and the one I settle in to when I am having a drink.

anyone know where to get the medicated 99 in the u.s.

Not in the U.S. bob, you will have to order from the UK, hopefully the post I just made on online shops guide will make it easy for you to choose where to get it from. JH Wilson’s - Medicated 99 is available from UK - Greens of Leeds - £3.00 UK - McGahey the Tobacconist - £3.15 (per tin when bought in bulk) UK - My Smoking Shop - £1.05 (smaller tin)

You can try the Sample Request Form on the Sharrow site. They have something close, SM Medicated.

I’m getting my samples! Dear Mr. Johnson, Many thanks for your interest in Sharrow snuff and our new website. Your sample will be sent out this week/early next week. Kind regards, Carol Wilsons & Co. (Sharrow) Ltd.

I recently ordered a small tin of Medicated No. 99. It’s now two days later and I’m wishing I got the large tin. It’s a very strong menthol and I haven’t decided if I like it or Hedges L260 better. As far as getting it in the US, I got mine from www.snuffstore.co.uk I was very surprised that it took only 5 days for my order to arrive.

I bought a BIG tin - 25g?- of No99 about 4 months ago and I still don’t know whether I like it. Very strong menthol & something else kick in it. Don’t know about the nicotine. I can easily live without this snuff.

I like the No.99. I have found that it is a bit sweeter and less sharp if you pinch it rather than off the back of the hand.

I bought the big tin of J+H Wilson’s Medicated No99 today. Like the Radfords, it’s a ‘twisty coin’ job - which basically means that even Dr. Who’s sonic screwdriver would struggle to get the lid off! But once eventually opened, this is fantastic stuff. (Such tins seem difficult at first, but then become easier after the initial frustration - still, I like to put some in another container for easier access). I’m very much a Menthol Man, so this is my kind of thing. On the one hand, it seems like a basic menthol, but there is also definitely something extra there, as suggested by the first post. (Which was made back in 2007 - sorry for resurrecting such an old thread!) I can imagine re-purchasing this fellow.

it’s got some corriander in it I swear it’s subtle but it’s in there.

I have about six or seven unopened large tins(25g) i purchased from Nicotine Rush pre-pact, i really fell in love w/it. I think that was at the peak of my TAD days. These days i’am lucky to snuff once a day, the rolleys really got me this time.

I haven’t had it for two years, but I recall it being amazing, and that was from a 8g dustbox; I would like to try the twisty-coin contents too someday.

@Sloth: you did a good job to bring this thread back to life. I am a big fan of menthol myself and use menthol snuffs everyday - but still, i never had the mentoined one. I will place a new order this night (i am drunk, it is easier to spend money of “pleasure” when you are drunk HEHE) and this time i will not forget it. XD

Medicated No99 was one of the first menthol snuffs I tried. It is a faovirte of mine also.

@Prismaster - Thanks, I thought it was best to bring an old thread back rather than start a new one. Glad to see a few new posts on this snuff! It’s a relatively strong menthol, pleasant and refreshing and I’ve kept going back to it. Not sure about bob’s corriander, but that could be a fair point. I seem to get a bit of lemon and lime from it.

I just did a new order with my favorite retailer here in Germany and this time RedBull is on the list I am very curious how it turns out in the nose and to compare the actual strength with others.

@Prismaster - Red Bull is definitely really nice too. Not sure if you meant to post about it in the Medicated No99 thread or if it was due to the booze…! Been taking the Medicated No99 fairly frequently over the past few days, and this is truly good stuff. Hopefully it should keep well in the twisty-coin tin as presumably it’s airtight… just a bit of a bother to open.

Very good medicated snuff, I’d buy this regularly if on sale here. It is also very easy to use and friendly to nose like all JH Wilson snuffs.

I like the little tins they seem like a proper working man’s snuff. The sort you think they would pick one up in the news agent on the way home after a hard day down the mine.

I absolutely love Medicated 99 - first snuff of the day, every day. As for the “other” flavour, I’d say it’s lavender; it definitely reminds me of Toque’s Lavender, in the “whole plant effect” sense.

@theatroom Yep, JH Wilson’s tins, small and large vacuum-sealed ones, are manly in old-fashioned way.

“I like the little tins they seem like a proper working man’s snuff. The sort you think they would pick one up in the news agent on the way home after a hard day down the mine.” Miners would usually buy tins of snuff from the colliery canteen. Wholesale purchase by the National Coal Board accounted for a huge slice of the home market. Closure of coal mines in Britain saw a slump in snuff sales. Different mining areas favoured particular brands. Coal pits in Yorkshire sold a great deal of J&H Wilsons whereas the Midlands had a preference for Illingworth snuffs and Dr. Rumney in particular. JIP of Nuneaton was much favoured too. At the Birch Coppice mine it was found (by Sonia Roberts reporting for Tobacco in 1981) that an average of 792 tins were purchased from the canteen over an eight week period.

“On the one hand, it seems like a basic menthol, but there is also definitely something extra there, as suggested by the first post.” According to the blue booklet Medicated No. 99 is flavoured with both menthol and eucalyptus.

@philips that’s really interesting thank you.

I tried to like No99 for years but I just can’t take it. O&G is the one for me.

"…that an average of 792 tins were purchased from the canteen over an eight week period. " That were the days. 99 tins per week -in 1 (ONE!) canteen.

Medicated No 99 was the 3rd bestselling snuff of J & H Wilson, it was bought all over the UK as opposed to Top Mill No 1 being North of Sheffield and SP No. 1 being all those to the south of Sheffield. Yes, the NCB did sell loads for us that’s true, it was a useful alternative for smokers who couldn’t smoke down t’pit. As for the airtight tins, they were made in order to preserve the life of the snuff for up to 4 years, in the pocket boxes after 3 months the flavour started to fade and any stock returned over 3 months would not go back onto the finished goods. I can remember tap tapping airtight tins which had been returned on our sale or return guarantee to see if the seal had gone, I could tell by the sound if it had. Happy days…

I must be an oddball then - I’m north of Sheffield (well, ENE) but I prefer the SP No 1 to the Top Mill. They’re both tasty though.

Thanks @gillybean129 once again for your insightful memories. These little nuggets are very interesting.

my pleasure!

Are the JH Wilsons 8g boxes sneezeboxes? Should I order a larger amount with a better tin?

They are sold in lots of newsagents & corner shops in the north of England, and OK if aquired from one with a good turnover. They’r not airtight, wrapped in cellophane, and often some of the snuff has escaped and shows up in the wrapping. That should answer your question!

I once did such a large amount of this, i completly paralized my right nostril. I could not make it attempt to draw breath.

If you could get hold of them the airtight tins are better, the pocket boxes (sneeze boxes?) held around 8g, depends on how soon you could use up 25g of snuff in an airtight tin as once it’s opened it will lose it’s flavour just like a pocket box will.

Love this snuff, I will admit that you really need to take it easy with it, this one can be a little ornery. But when taken with proper consideration is one of my favorite mentholated snuffs. I wish that this stuff was more readily available stateside. Love it.

@peter77 Agreed, a really great menthol/eucalyptus snuff. Shame Imperial decided recently to stop putting their products in vaccum tins. I buy less now due to this.

@peter77 Agreed, a really great menthol/eucalyptus snuff. Shame Imperial decided recently to stop putting their products in vaccum tins. I buy less now due to this.

Have to agree with you there. Maybe if enough snuff users write to them they might go back to the previous packaging style.

One of my top 3 favorite menthols. 30+ minutes later it’s slowly back dripping, and the drip is deliciously lemony. Up front it opens my nose wide up and feels like breathing on a 10*F day. 50 minutes later now and it’s still with me, which is uncommon. When all I had was the 5g J&H tapbox I preferred McChrystal’s Highland Ice but now a third of the way through my 20g tin I’m comfortable saying I prefer the Med 99 Their SP No1 I find spectacular as well. Much improved and hard to beat in the 20g tin.

@ar47 how is highland ice? ive been wanting to try it for a while, is it like O&G or med 99? i switch between those 2 and occasionally some hedges when i want something different but ive always got a can of an english menthol within arms reach. however i think ive got all three of those snuffs floating around right now

darn! now that im reading this thread, ive got to go find my can of med 99 or i might literally go crazy! 
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@peacock if you like M.E.D. No99 I think you’ll enjoy McChrystal’s Highland Ice. O&G honestly doesn’t do it for me. Highland like No99 has both menthol and eucalyptus, but also has camphor. And I also happen to be a camphor fan. Highland has it all. But for what it’s worth I personally feel J&H does what it does do (menthol & euc) better. Still, my top 3 medicated would include J&H Med No99 and Highland Ice. And I’m not sure what the 3rd would be - I’m saving that spot perhaps for something I havent found yet. #4 would probably be Packard’s Club

@ar47 right on, im excited! gonna put an order in on payday! thanks for the quick reply 

Whoa this is nice.  After first sniff, I couldn’t tell if the burn was from the menthol or nicotine, then I realized it was from both.  After about 10 minutes, it’s settling down a bit into a complex flavor-scent

This is the snuff I imagine taking with me when I go on reeeally hot summer vacation. Way too much menthol for me, gave it away. Its good for mixing tho because besides insane freezing it doesnt got any other dominating scent ingredients form what I remember.

I can’t tell if this has more or less eucalyptus and menthol than Hedges L260.  I think they’re incredibly similar except J&H Wilson Medicated No. 99 has a darker tobacco flour, maybe more complex flavoring and slightly more nicotine than Hedges L260

the extra in it is lemon and lavender