I think somewhere on here a while ago there was a debate about if philp morris was planning on makeing a snus well heres the answer to that. http://www.northerner.com/html/snus-P\\_1847\\_philip\\_morris\\_org.html

My understanding was that it wasn’t like real snus. Doesn’t taste the same because it is not pasteurized and therefore not refrigerated. Also likely to not be as safe as snus healthwise due to not being pasteurized.

No Phillip Morris is making real Snus. They bought the Rocker Snus out. I have not tried it yet myself but it seems as if it is decent. So far it is only available in two pouch types. I believe the Swedish laws are involved with the product so it should be pasteurized etc. Has anybody here tried snus nasally? I’ve thought about it more than once!

Oddly enough, I picked up my first tin of snus today. I’ve dipped before so I figured I’d take to this fairly easily. I picked up the Camel brand and went with their spice flavor. It’s decent. It will definitely do the trick when your sinuses aren’t cooperating and you can’t snuff. But at the same price as a pack of smokes, I can’t see this becoming a regular thing for me. As far as using snus like snuff, I don’t think I’d care to try it.

Satyr, dear friend. Sadly it’s the Camel snus wich is the least like real Swedish snus. It just would not be fair for you to write off snus until you tried some decent stuff.

And…Thanks for the recipe snuffgrinder! If I wasn’t the lazy son of my mother I’d be cooking up a batch right now.

Unfortunately upon attempting to enter the U.S. markets tobacco companies have chosen flavors they think would appeal to us. ( yes I am one of the know it all Americans ) I’m fairly certain in the history of snus that for the first two hundred years there was no such thing as a mint flavored snus. Of course I may be wrong, but you get my point.

One thing I hate about it is that when I’ve tried the american flavoured snuses they’ve been the only ones I don’t like. Some how the swedish don’t get american flavours which sucks because their orginal flavours although possibly strange they really get them right. Plus I really think that their apeal is in diffrence not in sameness. Yes a lot of the flavours have been made to appeal to a american market.

I have never managed to finish a can of snus. Not that it’s bad, just not my thing. There’s a dried up hockey puck of Grovsnus I will attempt to regrind and give it a second chance as sniff. Seems all that cooking should make it pretty smooth.

The grovsnus made a decent plain snuff, but much too salty. An aromatic “cigar” tobacco scent stayed around for a long time. But the salt made my nose smart. Makes a nice dry dip though. I think this snus was made from the lugs and smalls - bottom leaves and suckers, judging by the high vein to leaf ratio. Schmalzers also have loads of salt, but the addition of oil probably keeps it from dissolving all at once like this one did. I’ll have to try that next.

I use Redman chew now and again and have dipped Skoal in the states, is snus anything like that? Any UK members using/importing it??

I’ll bet that works just fine.

no snus is very diffrent then american chews. For one thing snus seems to be more even in delivery. Where american chews seem to kick hard in the front then die out much quicker then snus. The taste is not as strong more of a nice flavour that seems to have more of an aromatic quality then food flavour. Snus is almost more like a paste then american chew which is more like shreds. Plus it doesn’t fuck up your gums nearly as badly.

Yeah gums just don’t grow back when you stop either. People who are always packing a lip are asking for trouble. A lot of fools use a can a day. Damn that would kill me off fast. It’s a once and a while treat for me. I like Stoker straight dip. I take a dime sized dip and it lasts for at least an hour. Perfect for a long ride in the car or just about any outdoor activity. There are a lot of dips out there and most of them are candied-up crap. They have a sickening aftertaste and little satisfaction. But if you want to compare snus to dip, at least try some real baccy - Stokers Straight or Cope original. No funky candy flavor, just pure tobacco goodness. And that flavor lasts a long time, for me anyway. One thing I did like about the snus experience was the technique of “upper decking” or putting the dip in the upper gum. It causes much less spit to form and improves the experience.

I used to be one of those fools stitch. I used to go through a can a day of Copenhagen. The majority of any oral tobacco I use now are the Stokers looseleafs like the peach, apple & butternut. These stoker chews have flavor that lasts until you take it out.

Snus is different from dip in that it is a pasteurized tobacco product and is considered by the Swedish government as a food product. It is much less harmful to the mouth and gums than dip is.

Trout - glad you made the switch. This grovsnus dry dip is pretty tasty. I think I like it better than fresh!

ejacerooni You are doing it right. put it in forget no need to spit. I love it for work and video games mostly other times snuff is perfect.

the trick is in the pinch. If you do it right your lip won’t strain and in fact straining your lip will cause it to squeze the snus too much. I find whats best is to roll the snus into a ball or square (depending on the grind) then with your finger find a deeper spot above your lip put the ball up there. This is the trickier part on the outside of your lip place a finger horizontialy below the ball then with the other hand spread the ball out. Then just let your lip hang naturaly. should be able to stay in for a good while, plus as an added benifit the spreading out of the snus gives you more nicoteen (Suurface area and all that).

I’m not finding a translator for this. Can someone help? Glycerol acts as fuktighetsbevarare.

moisturiser or moisture stabilizer.

I have tried snus nasally. I have some Gelleviere (sp?) snus that was impossible to pris so I never used it. It has long since dried out and could use another grind if I want a snus-flavored snuff. I have tried pinching it and it is a bit too coarse for my tastes but it has a great snus flavor.