Remember rules can change. Just because they’re one way doesn’t mean they’ll stay that way. Not sure who can or the best way to get any messages out there about snuff and why these rules unfairly impact a business that is really only tangentially connected to other businesses that the law is really aimed at. It might be a long process but the more people in general are aware of snuff the less likely laws like this are going to be. It is clear looking at the rules it makes sense for many more widely used tobacco products and ones where the ingredients vary much more widely then they do in snuff and are more likely to impact the health of the users. One essential oil in a snuff isn’t as different from another essential oil in another snuff as say a chemical added to a cigarette to control the way it burns and how quickly the nicotine is absorbed. At root it’s a problem of ignorance. What I am saying is do your part and spread snuff awareness. Snuff proud and out. Then also if you know how keep complaining to the right people and complain with facts.
Oh and I still think there has to be some way around this. I’ve wondered if a small packet of scent could be sold separately from the base snuff. Some way to get the snuffer to infuse the scents into the snuff. Then they could literally sell a handful of bases. Certain grinds or certain blends of tobacco. And then sell very small amounts of essential oils or something similar that are not put under special rules. I have said this before but I keep thinking of the grape cakes sold during prohibition. Which where pressed cakes of wine grapes that could be home fermented (and had instructions put as warnings do not put your grape juice like this or it becomes wine and that is bad, some literally read as step by step instructions with the only difference is that the first sentence said don’t follow this steps). There must be some totally legal way around this. Which given that snuff isn’t the target of these laws should not set off very many waves. Another work around to get to the mental gears rolling. In japan gambling is illegal so at gaming parlors you can win silly little prizes like one could at Chucky Cheeses the gaming parlor then owns pawn shops that will buy these prizes back as if they were gaming chips at a price much higher then the value of the prize. Technically it’s not gambling and to pass laws to stop it would be more effort then it is worth or at least require a greater amount of energy.
what is you labeled all snuff “Not for Human consumption” that seems to be the way shops are selling bath salts and other stupidly absurd chemicals legally. If it says do not consume who is the EU to say otherwise, either way are you even technically consuming snuff if you blow it out anyway?
There is a pet store who cannot sell food for humans but sell some tallow for making bird feeding balls. They mark it as not for humans, even though you technically could use it.
One issue, though - snuff is by definition for sniffing. You would have to call it something else or in some other way change it more clearly then just “snuff, not for human consumption”. “Fake Snuff, for display purposes and use in films etc. Not for human consumption” might well suffice.
Labelling snuff as not for human consumption would set a VERY dangerous precedent. As soon as a manufacturer declared it unfit for sniffing, that would be game over. With no other reason for it to be made or sold, you would be inviting a ban. Worst suggestion so far. Sorry guys.
Yeah I just know here in Aus fish shops are aloud to sell antibiotics without prescription, containing the exact same chemicals and filler as our prescription antibiotics. They dont even have a register it’s alittle worrying.
@Effy I agree you would need to define the legal definition of consumption, whether that be “an amount of a substance used up or ingested” or something else.
***Edit just saw your comment @50ft_trad that may be so, though can you ban something that has no reason to be banned. I’m not sure what the laws are elsewhere though here we cannot ban a substance sold if it has a label “not for human consumption” that is why bathsalts and all these screwed up new chemicals are still being sold all over the country.
Though I do understand your point, last thing we want is to impose more restrictions on snuff.
@bob That seems to be the way. Lets think about “Straubinger Ungefettet Schmalzler”. If you can not sell true schmai with lard, buy lard apart and add it by yourself. Keep up the traditional product instead of transvestite it using paraffin oil
@snuffvillian - are schmalzlers really made with lard?!
@chico indeed https://translate.google.com/#de/en/schmalz
Lard is used quite often here
Traditionally schmalzlers were made with lard, modern day schmalzlers are made with paraffin oil.
@Roderick ok I’m confused, if you can just keep selling to EU customers as usual then why did so many other UK manufacturers cut their product line and change the names ?
Sounds like “big snuff” to me. I can see one day after some time being old and grey Toque sells out to big tobacco for millions. @Roderick