I hear you snuffdog. As I mentioned in a previous post I found two Shwisher brands in my nearest smoke shop, in an less than affluent urban area here in Wilmington. Not exactly a run-down neigborhood, but not the best either. I think a lot of old black women still dip it in private. Many of them are transplants from the south, or learned it from their parents who were transplants. It seems to me to be a cultural thing, although I’ve never seen anyone use it, just read about it. I’m not saying its widespread here, but a few must use it at least. I bought one of the Swishers (Tops Sweet) it is pretty sweet, so I can see why it is mainly dipped. I dipped it a little bit, but I prefer it in my nose, where it is still sweet and has a nice nicotine kick. I haven’t checked the local supermarkets yet. As I said the nearest Food Lion is either below the canal or in Maryland. Food Lion is based in the south, so northern Delaware is out of their territory. Aroud here we have mostly PathMark, Acme, and a couple of others that I can’t remember right now.
I think one of the reasons it’s popular to dip snuff among southeren woman is in part the level of discretness it affords. Especialy since it’s only about one generation ago that woman where considered to classy or precious (or some other sexiest shit) to use tobacco openly. Notice you don’t know who uses it, this may be on purpose. Kind of like the number of people who dip regular chew at home but never in public.
Orlando, FL The only place that carries snuff around here is Winn-Dixie supermarkets. Some of the “tobacco” stores have snuff in the case, but they will not allow you to buy it, since it’s there to justify the bulletts and such that they sell.
They won’t let you buy it how the heck does that work. The stuff must be ancient. Seems like they could get into more trouble by not selling it then I guess.
I went into a store that I thought was an upscale Cigar and Cigarette shop. It ended up being a head shop. When I saw the Ozona in the case, I told the clerk “two please.” He then replied “eh, you don’t want that, it’s old and just for display.” I told him I would take it anyways, since it was still sealed, the then told me that it was only there so that they could sell the bullets, spoons and vials without hassle from the cops.
Draganici,Croatia
That is lame. I used to buy my rolling tobacco at a head shop. It was slightly more expensive but they actualy had some good selection and actualy moved a lot of rolling tobacco. Seems stupid not to be making money off something you need to stock anyways. Not only that what if you where an undercover cop couldn’t they get in trouble for not selling the snuff?
@ Roam. Ok you stumped me. You win the prize. I can’t find Dragnici on any of my maps. Are you on the coast? I was in Split last year. Are you near there?
Bob- I’m sure that they could. I haven’t been back to see if they are even still in business. The people at head shops down here are so shady. Wierd.
I guess head shops are shady in general. I’ve seen some shadier then others.
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Rollies are getting more and more common, Farley. Many convience stores carry Drum products nowadays. Also our prices are gradually increasing to your levels, but this varies from state to state and even by city. New York city has an exteme tax on top of New York State’s tax that makes it about $8.00 per pack. However, Indian (Native American) reservations can sell tobacco virtually tax free and will even do mail order. They are in some ways independent states within the United States. They are the best kept secret of hard core smokers (other than blackmarket). Of course the buyer is supposed to report to their home state how much tobbaco they bring in and pay the appropriate tax on it. (You can guess how often this actually happens) I sailed with a guy who rolled his own. He spent a lot of time on it though. He even had a little machine to make them faster. For as little as I smoked, I couldnt be bothered though. Too much time. Oh, and I haven’t seen a cigarette vending maching since the early eighties!
I can still roll cigs faster than I’ve seen anyone make them with a machine! I did have a good teacher - a fork lift truck driver at the Bird’s Eye factory on Hessle Road (Hull). I worked summers there when I was a student in the 70s. Around here I reckon more people roll their own than buy ready mades. Probably helps being a port…
What is a “head shop” please?
@ Pieter http://www.headshop.co.uk/?gclid=CPLf0t7swpgCFZSB3godpVvS0w or google Head Shop, you get the theme?
Snuff Head, that’s probably the essential link to define a head shop.
I’m with ermtony on this one. It took some practice but i can roll a cigarette in no time flat , those little machines are slow and a pain to carry around.
@Roam: Thanks! It looks like a small town. The closest on any of my maps is Karlovac.
I’m in Arhus, Denmark - bet you can’t find that either? :o) I also lived in St. Petersburg Russia, Attiki, Greece, Essex, England, and NE PA, USA. But prefer it here :o)