My name is Malcolm. I live in Cessnock NSW Australia and like the nick - Mal from Cessnock. I’ve been smoking for 40yrs and am 55yrs old. I want to quit and since I like tobacco so much want to replace it with Snuff. I have stocked up and partaken of the pleasure but find I get a blocked nose - maybe this comes with the pleasure? I am honoured to be one of the Snuff Sniffers Society.
Without wanting to sound ridiculous, you look like a very jolly chap! I can’t comment on the blocked nose, because it’s not a problem that I have. Welcome to the club!
Could be the snuff your technique or simply that it takes the nose a while to get used to snuffing. For me some snuffs block me others don’t. At this point though even the snuffs that block me don’t block me as bad as they used to. Not sure if that is because I"ve gotten better at snuffing or if my nose has gotten more used to snuffing. Either way with time it seems to be easier to deal with snuff.
Malcolm Welcome aboard. Spend some time using the search facility and reading back posts. Most questions from new snuffers come up time and again and I’m sure you would find that useful. Snuff can cause congestion but often switching brands will help, or eliminate the problem. If you are using lots of menthols or very flavoured snuffs that may be the reason. Try some plain, drier snuff and see how that goes.
Welcome Mal from Hull. UK. We have another Australian member, but he’s not been on-board since last March.
Neti pot, man. it’s a Godsend. I also find that coating the nose works better that sucking it in for me. I have the congestion issue too…some are much worse than others. Very sensitive schnoz I guess. You will find many here that will guide your way. Welcome to snuff.
Neti pot, hanky and a little finger keep mine in working order, guilty pleasures if you will.
Welcome, Malcolm! Like the chops/mustache! Bart from Ohio
Welcome Malcolm! Greetings from Finland.
Glad to have you here Malcolm. There are the nicest people on this forum. ENJOY!!
Welcome Malcolm to this “Not So Secret Society” lol.I hope that you will enjoy this forum and community.Greetings from Portugal
G’day Malcom, welcome to the forum mate!
Malcom, I really like your name (I have always really liked the name Malcom, I love the way people from Australia sound when they talk, and I also like your big smile. So, Greetings from somewhere interesting (but due to a certain problem with where I live and ordering tobacco online maybe I shouldn’t really say it anymore so 'faerieland justleft of Oz" will have to do instead) a real place none the less, you could say its in the USA and ‘just south of Canada’
Welcome Malcolm! Stefan, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Welcome! -Mat from USA
I used to get hooked on nasal spray or vick’s vapo rub as a kid. I think the same principle applies; it’s called “rebound”. Your nose produces mucous to protect itself, so if you put in a mentholated snuff it will clear it out temporarily but your nose will start making more mucous to protect itself from the menthol. I still use mentholated snuffs sometimes, especially before bed, but you might want to avoid them (esp. the stronger ones) if you have a sensitive nose.
awesome stache, by the way.
Welcome Mal. Snuff is a wonderful way to quit smoking, my girlfriend and I both used snuff to quit, and its much more enjoyable with so many different flavors you can spend years just trying all of them. Anyways, good luck.
Welcome Mal.
looks like you got some hair blocking your nose there and those pinchers on your nose can’t be helping either. Good of you to join us! You won’t be disappointed in this world of delicious tobacco offerings.