@bob - I agree. I had a chronic cold problem which has reduced 90% since using snuff. I sleep with some medicated in my nose, infact. Dont know if thats bad but it gives me a restful sleep. And my migraines - they have reduced a great extent too. @mrmanos - I am an addict too and I have converted 3-4 people into using it. The phases part, I understand. @yisraeldov - no one even knows at work I use snuff except the people in my cubicle. Infact, they find it rather amusing in a nice way. They find me primitive. I am, in some ways. I like that reputation.
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I got into snuff because of the different types, and flavors/scents. I smoked cigars and enjoyed pipe tobacco for the same reasons. I can’t do the same thing for extended periods of time. Maybe - now that I think about it - that’s also why I’ve had 10 jobs in 40 years.
Never liked cigarettes because other than menthol and regular flavor they are all the same. I tried RYO bull durham, camel non filters, chesterfield, newport, kools salem, marlboro, bel aire, lucky strike.
An added benefit - as some of you stated is the allergy relief, I had pollen allergies since about 1984. It was red itchy eyed, sneezing, stuffed up, sore throat, even ear infections from the first green of spring to winter. Since I’ve started snuffing I don’t have the allergies symptoms. But mostly I like snuff for the variety.
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I thought I’d revive this thread to have the benefit of having more opinions from people who joined after June 2017. So kindly read the original post and responses and let all know. Thanks!
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I didn’t answer before, but will now. I have been snuffing since around 2013, and my consumption has been erratic over that time. The highest consumption rate was when I was battling to give up the cigs, and has since tapered off considerably. Since the EU TPD fiasco, there are less snuffs to explore, but I am happy with that. There’s enough variety left out there to keep my snout happy, even if I lost my multi decade stash. Talking of which… My multi decade stash is what killed it as a hobby for me. I still enjoy snuff, but don’t feel the need to keep up to date like I used to. When you’re sitting on a 7 kilo hoard, do not use snuff every day, and never use more than 1g when I do, buying more just seems foolish. I actually just sold off a few of my tins, and gave a few more away, and won’t really miss them. Before my stash is consumed, much will have lost its scent, or at least changed during the elapsed time, but I do not see that as any detriment. It is just another step in the evolution of my journey. Will I buy more? Probably 
Do I need more? Not at all. Will I ever stop snuffing? Probably only when I stop breathing, or lose enough marbles to not know what snuff is anymore. Health wise, I do find myself having seasonal lay offs. Winter time is when my consumption tends to be higher, and I move more towards vape during warmer times. Hoarders remorse would be the best way to describe my current status. Torn between thinking being smug for a wise investment, and punching myself in the kidneys for being such an idiot for buying so much. Torn between losing the thrill of the next purchase, and the relaxed security of knowing I will be content should commercial availability cease. Torn between the guilt of not supporting current producers, while also realising they’ve already had my cash. On balance, I am happy. Happy to have a good stash of discontinued favourites. Happy to have potent snuffs maturing and mellowing. Happy to be able to reach for any kind of snuff I like, without worrying if I’ll ever be able to replace it. Happy to know that I can still get the thrill of the next purchase, or try something new with pipe tobacco, which I do not keep a stash of. Happy I can just sit back and snuff at my own leisure, enjoying my earlier purchases, without fear of missing out, and knowing that I will enjoy each and every tin or jar I open, as every snuff I did not enjoy has long since gone.
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I can only get about 50g a time so I’m storing up on the snuffs I can’t do without and am very choosy about trying something new because even 10g can be a lot to get through when you have other snuffs you’d rather use at hand. And I don’t really want to be surrounded by a hundred tins of different snuffs I’ll barely ever use. That’s what began to happen when I first got into snuff.
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@AgentSmith That’s how I ended up with my Grannys Stew blend. Rather like Toques Crazy George or the old WoS Confusion, I dumped everything in that I wasn’t enthralled about, and ended up with a 500g tub of snuff that was far better than any individual snuff it contained.
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I got hip to snuff (besides a drunken teenage adventure with a friend’s Gletscher Prise that we all snorted as if it were illicit) when I quit smoking cigarettes around 2013. I now use both snuff and snus, but snus is the habit and snuff is the hobby. I snuff anywhere from 0-5 times per day, so I’d estimate I only use about a gram per week. It doesn’t have much impact on my life, although I enjoy sharing it with my friends many of whom are up for a pinch if I offer, and one of whom even has his own snuff now
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I used snuff to get off cigarettes. I found snuff to be a hobby, though. I like trying different varieties. I have also purchased snuff ephemera, antique snuff boxes, etc. I’m an electrician and once had a job to do at the waste treatment plant. Third floor. Where they burn the poo. My can of Toque Raspberry kept me from retching.
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