Problems with snuffing

Even dip is better than cigs!

I’ll consider the snus, but I think I’d feel a little strange taking it, most people know what Im doing if I’m taking snuff. I’ve certainly never seen anybody takin snus! I blow my nose far too regular, its the natural thing to do when you’re blocked up! I’d say I take snuff every 45 mins or so. It doesn’t feel too excessive.

“I’ve certainly never seen anybody takin snus!” and in some ways therein lies the point of snus, discretion. You should try the salene spray, it might help. Blowing too much can inflame the passsages if they are getting irritated. Sounds like additional moisture might actually help. Ken

Yeah, people generally would not know if you have snus in, and you would not notice others. I snuff every hour or few hours. I can’t snuff too often, or I’ll get stopped up.

Never go back to the cigs! Try pipe smoking, it can be wonderful. If you have money try cigars. Then i guess you could do the odd snuff occasionally too.

Cigars and pipes are nice when I have plenty of leisure time, a rarity though. I have a cig on occasion, usually when gigging. Ken

Cigarillos are good Devillock76 when time is an issue!

They always just end up feeling and getting treated like cigs, to bad results. I just try to stick with snuff and snus as much as possible and if a cig happens a cig happens. Cigs are by far not the norm now, I can live with occasional indiscretion if I must, I have so few vices as it is. Ken

Okay mate, but you inhale cigarettes into your lungs not cigarillos - that’s the difference…

I inhale cigars and cigarillos.

@ danw Don’t give up on snuff! I’ve been using snuff for little over a year now and it’s finally become something I can do and enjoy everyday. I use to get a really stuffed up nose from it so, as suggested by members of this forum, I stopped using mentholated snuff like O&G or any of the Poshls because they just reek havoc on the sinuses (at least for me). I began assembling a collection of moist snuffs like Fribourg & Treyer that couldn’t get into my sinuses and as I started using them (very gently) I was able to appreciate all their smells and never get clogged up. What you need to do is try as many snuffs as you can to see how they affect you. Everyone is different and because of that there is no right or wrong snuff; it all comes down to how it works for you. This is all coming from a guy who had a deviated septum as the result of the broken nose and after having it all fixed and shiny new became horrified when I couldn’t breath out of my newly clear nasal passage ways. Turns out I was sniffing too hard because I wasn’t sure I was getting any snuff in my nose, the more perfumed snuffs fixed this because I knew right away that they were gettin in there due to their stronger scents. You’ll find what works for you and be happier than a pig in shit!

Some snuffs clog my nose as well, others clear me up every time. The latter are my daily snuffs, the goal is to find which snuffs are most agreeable with your bodies chemistry.

What I meant is that the cigarillos are so close to cigarettes that I end up inhaling them more like a cigarette. Ken

Okay if you are inhaling cigars/cigarillos i suspect they are much worse for you than the cigarettes…

ding ding ding. My best bet is typically to avoid all combustible tobacco wherever possible. Ken

Not to worry. When I first started snuffing I got cloged up easily. Now it’s rare and when it does happen I usaly realize I’ve got a cold or rememeber that I have allergies that used to be very severe. I really don’t know if that is because Iam better at snuffing or if my nose is just used to it now. I think it’s both. For one I always inhale almost fully before snuffing and that really seems to reduce any irritation. Keep up the snuffing it does get easier after a while.

I am one of those people who do not really get clogged up from mentholated snuffs, at least the ones that I have tried. It seems to do the reverse for me.

im considering switching to F&T almost on a full time basis for the above listed reasons. And these ones too :-D! I like the regal and stately pressed metal canister. I like the print on the front. I like the little label on the top I like the traditional perfumed flavors, very old world :slight_smile: I like the grind of the snuff its course and never gets stuck I like the nicotine hit its always just what im looking for I like the Slight barnyard quality of the snuff I like the moisture content its just perfect I like the base tobacco I like how the scent almost always lasts for 30-40 minutes! I like Fribourg & Treyer!

Ausnuffer; I agree with everything you said.

After trying so many snuffs there is no doubht that some are just down right disagreeable to my nose long term, menthol especially. That said I find the whole F&T line a challenge. They are such complex snuffs that some can just really put me off with way too much perfume, I find some disgusting. But I find that the underlying taste wonderful. Areal puzzle sometimes, I only wish I could get some of the granny smells out of it to enjoy the others present. I have more quarantined F&T cans than I would like, I put the ones I find horrible one a shelf by themselves, Its crowded there now, but I still pull them down and give them the old college try now and then, unfortunately They go right back into quarantine!