So how popular is snuffing outside of the USA? If I go to the bar in your country will I see people taking pinches along with their pints?
In the Canary Islands of Spain most people don’t even know it exists, and I guess it’s the same in the rest of the country. I know a few elders still use it, but that’s about it (at least until I get more people to know it).
I don’t think you’ll see it used anywhere, its the snuff paradox. Ive seen 2 people take snuff in the last 30 years in the UK. I think its done discreetly to the point of secrecy because at the end of the day people don’t like to seem unusual.
I’ve never seen anyone else taking snuff here in Finland. Well, apart from few fellas from my pipe club. I’ve given away several tins to people who seem to be genuinely interested. I’m guessing that your best chance to see snuffers in the wild in Europe would be in Germany. Perhaps UK, too. Dunno. Sweden is obviously full of snus users.
I’ve noticed 3 fellow snuffers here in Dublin during the last 2 years or so and I don’t hit the town too often anymore, those were just random encounters in local pubs so people still snuff. Snuff has always been more popular in West of Ireland, though and I’ve heard it still is.
no one here uses snuff as far as i can tell , despite the existance of the famous spanish jewel. most of Barcelona’s largest tobacco shops don’t carry snuff, those that do have pöschl but only l¨wen, gawith and gletscher edit: i forgot to add. the other day i found an emty tin of Makla in the street in a heavily Moroccan/African area, i assume someone was chewing it not snuffing it.
I spent some time in Germany this summer and noticed quite a few people doing it. In Canada it’s basically unheard of, in fact the only time I’ve detected its use at all is by other Canadians on this site.
Yorkshire is the most likely place to see fellow snuffers. It has a history of mining and a tradition of snuff. I once heard (not sure if it is true) that half of Wilsons of Sharrows sales are in Yorkshire.
There are three pubs that I know of here in Hull, Yorkshire that has snuff on the Bar. There was four, but a box was stolen some time ago. It was a large box so it must have gone in a woman’s handbag. I bet she would be sorry as the lid was loose, I hope she had snuff all over her female commodities!
aye, and a curse on her female parts.
Not much mining in this end of Yorkshire but still plenty of snuffing.
I only know two snuffers in our area but there are LOTS more. How do I know it? The tobacconist where I buy my stuff, sells lots of snuff! And most shops carry at least O&G, Taxi and some other SA snuffs. So people are buying it but all of them sniff “under cover”.
In today’s Denmark nobody knows about snuff. I also never saw snuffing in Germany or any of the other countries I visited. The few people Ive tried to introduce to snuff found it absolutely disgusting, and they were all convinced that it had to be MUCH more dangerous to your health than smoking!!! Even non-smokers! In general ppl just shake their heads at me for snuffing! At parties and in bars Ive been asked not to pinch bcs ppl thought I was doing drugs. :oD Needless to say that I persisted, and the bar I go to has now gotten used to my habit :o) I have ONE friend in Kobenhavn who took up pinching, but apart from him I’ve only met suspicion and doubt, and general PC attitudes to tobacco as we know these.
Funny, I’ve had many people tell me snuff HAS to be more dangerous than smoking as well! How can a person figure that? I don’t know… I guess if the black lung, sores, and cancer where on the OUTSIDE of a smokers chest and visable, there may be a lot less group hugs going around for those folks, eh
I could take a snuff right in front of you, and you may not even know what I was doing unless I offered you a pinch. So it goes, do offer a fellow a pinch please. Sometimes there is no better snuff than another’s.
I’m grinning ear to ear. Some fine words of advice there Juxtaposer!
Sorry to impose on this discussion (I’m from within the US) but I couldn’t resist.
I make a point of not hiding my snuffing in public. I’m past caring what people think. 
@Juxtaposer , if it’s not a secret technique, how do you do it? I’ve been wondering about it, but I can’t find a way to do that. Oh, and OscarWabbit, I understand you, there’s no reason to be ashamed of doing something you like (if it’s legal, of course), but sometimes you have to avoid exposing some things. Well, It depends on your surroundings.
I love snuffing in a Dr’s office, hospital or NHS office. They know what it is and I think would rather you be snorting dope. They get very disapproving and indignant.
Lol Nachman! You got quite a pair of … nostrils … snuffing in the Dr office.