I don’t know what it is about snuff that is so awesome to me - maybe it’s the uniqueness, the varieties…  All I know is I’m glad I found this little hobby, and fellow internet snuff enthusiasts.  I haven’t been at it for that long, and I sometimes wonder if it’s just a phase and I’ll lose interest.  I hope not!  Anyone else think about that, or come back from a period where you lose interest?

There was a time that I once lost interest after purchasing a ton of snuffs. I felt like I just could not find a type to satisfy me after a while. I left it alone for a while and when I went back it only got better. Like anything in life. I know now what I like and seek in a snuff, so I mainly purchase these types of snuffs now. I do recommend trying many brands and types in the beginning as this seems to be what a lot of people do at first. I think we all have gone wild at first and seem to slow down and really start enjoying them more when we find our “type”.

I know I went through a vapor phase.  I enjoyed the flavors, the technical aspects, and since I have never smoked cigarettes, I think I sort of enjoyed the throat hit.  Never really felt that before.  Ultimately, it was a phase, because the flavor was too inconsistent (have to keep those coils and cotton fresh), and too much maintenance.  Plus, one of the enjoyable things about it, the throat hit, became irritating to me.  Not that I would use vapor in the future…it is just never going to be my go-to nicotine delivery method.

Snuff is different.  Its relatively cheap.  There is really zero maintenance.  It is consistent, relaxing, and enjoyable.  It has an interesting history (history is something I love), and snuff just feels correct.  I have no doubt that when the God or Gods created tobacco, they fully intended us to grind it up and sniff it up our noses as a joyful part of our lives.  :-)

Mark

I have times when I don’t use snuff for months at a time (Although I always have a snuffbox in my pocket). Generally it’s in the hot months of summer, and when the nights draw in I start to pinch again. First a little, then a little more…

If it’s a phase with me then it’s long one!

I’ve been snuffing for about 10 years and I have friends and acquaintances who’ve been snuffing for 40. I would say if you like it there is little reason not to continue. If you don’t you shouldn’t feel bad about it.

I’ve had various past hobbies / subcultural interests which have enrichened my life just as much, but have put significant strains on my wallet. Snuffs cost effectiveness tells me it’s here to stay.

I was thinking about this very thing just now! Or rather I had this vague feeling of. unease > about snuff which is why I came here, to see if anyone had anything to say that would resonate with me. 

I’ve been at this around 6 months and I still don’t have it down so that it’s a regular part of my life. But I also vape and that may be why-  snuff really burns my nose lately, and I can’t breath by nighttime. But that may be because of vaping, 'cause it really dries out the nose. Either that, or I haven’t found my “type” of snuff yet. 

I agree with Markstonsin that vaping is too high maintenance and I’d stop except I need something to do with my hands. Either way, I smoked for over 30 years and love Nicotine, so either snuff, snus or vaping will continue to be a part of my life. Truth be told I think vaping is going to be banned or become prescription medicine only, thanks to the FDA. Strange, I didn’t even know snuff or snus existed in all my years of smoking or looking for alternatives to smoking. Thank goodness they do!

@Valiant It feels like the more nicotine you have in the liquid, the more it irritates your mucous membranes and bronchia. 

Switching to low or zero nicotine vapor and higher nicotine snuffs keeps my membranes alright and delivers the right amount of nic for me to stay away from cigarettes.

My interest for snuff was a sinus curve in the first year. The reason for this was that I didn’t have a “main” snuff at the beginning I guess. I only tried out different snuffs and hyped their tastes, then lost interest after a while. If you want to stop smoking I think you have to form a habit of taking a high nicotine main snuff, that doesn’t overpower you with its smell/menthol but also isn’t too bland and doesn’t irritate your nose/throat too much. I stopped smoking since I started carrying a tin of IHT #22 with me everywhere I go. It delivers enough nic and is discrete enough because of it’s light color and grind, meaning that it doesn’t leave you with a black hitler mustache and incence aura like my beloved 6 Photo Kailash. You will notice that many of the long term snuffers here have a base snuff like FT HDT, White Elephant, IHT#22 or something else they use for maintaing their nicotine level. You can still enjoy the journey of finding new awesome flavoured snuffs and take them for pleasure, but you won’t condition your snuffing habit on how much fun it is at that very moment.

I still don’t know if it’s only a phase, but it’s absolutely ridiculous how much I love it sometimes.

I’m glad some other people have some thoughts on this topic.  I can relate most of what you all say, including the what was said about vapors.  Thanks for chiming in people.  

It’s interesting how snuff can effect different people for different reasons @Valiant. My nose is much clearer by the end of the day (providing I wash out + blow nose between changing different styles) than it was prior to snuffing. And the burn… ahh the burn… is one of the things I love most. Love the black Hitler moustache description @Michael. In the beggining, I unwittingly donned one myself, and had to use my phones front facing camera to ‘de-Hitlerise’. I’ve since refined my snuffing technique, and can now snuff on the go, without appearing like a Neo–Nazi :))

@Michael, What you wrote is very helpful, thank you. I recently switched to one much higher strength Nicotine e-liquid, and that’s around the same time snuff started bothering my sinuses a lot. I’m going to try your approach and see if that doesn’t help. What is IHT an acronym for?

@Nulliverse, I don’t seem to have a problem with the medium course grinds but the fine grinds burn like crazy. Actually I have one snuff that’s fine that I haven’t tried for ages…I need to test that one and see how my nose reacts to it. So, is it the snuff, or e-liquid, or me?

Heh, I’ve done the Hitler mustache! I didn’t notice it until after I was in public. I must remember to check the mirror after snuffing! :">

@Valiant  IHT is Irish high toast.

Yes snuff is just a phase! When your done send it all to me ,I will dispose of it the old fashion way.

I find being connected daily to snuffhouse my frequency it greater. when I am away for any amount of time my snuff habit slows down. One thing I have experienced is there is no withdraw from snuff except my level of serenity. All is right with a good dose of vitamin N.

 I never vaped, when I quit the cancer sticks I picked up smoking pipes for that mouth fixation . Pipe tobacco is far more pleasurable than cigarettes ever were. And I find I don’t need to smoke; I enjoy the time when I can sit back and relax with a bowl full of fine tobacco. Besides Pipe smokers live longer than non smokers. According to the Surgeon General. 

@valiant , i play with the tin in my hands. i still do it now i switched to snus. might be something for you to do something with your hands

“Yes snuff is just a phase! When your done send it all to me ,I will dispose of it the old fashion way.”

You are always willing to do another snuff-taker a solid favor, @basement_shaman.  LOL.  That made me laugh when I read it.

Mark

@Firestarter0, Good idea, thanks! @basement_shaman, I’m gullible but not *that* gullible. @SeanOCDPx one reason I love snuff is because I’ve always loved to experiment. When I look at the zillion snuffs, flavors, and affordable prices at Mr. Snuff I feel like I’m at the penny candy store from childhood. I could easily find 50-75 different snuff flavors to order, every order… if I were rich. 

On another note, everyone here is so helpful and willing to offer support and suggestions. If more smokers who wanted to quit knew about forums for snuff and snus I imagine they would be a *lot* more successful, and experience much less stress during the quit smoking process.

Cheers!  

Very true Valiant, I can definitely relate to feeling like a kid in a candy store.  For the first time since I started, I don’t want to place another order, because I have so much freakin snuff, and I seriously can’t even decide what’s going in my nose next sometimes.  It’s madness, but I love it.  

@SeanOCDPx you’re in good company. There’s a thread around here with photos of people’s snuff stashes.  I was surprised by the sheer quantity of different snuffs many people had when I first starting snuffing but now I completely understand!  

I’ve been vaping for about 12 months and in all this time I’ve struggled with getting the right balance with flavours and nic levels. I also changed to a different kit every few months which failed as well, cost me a fortune.

I bought 2 small tins of snuff, WoS SM 500 and GW Kendal Brown to try and loved SM 500 straight away all for less the

I’ve been snuffing for over 3 years now and I remember the first 2 winters I slowed down a bit but since then I have snuffed daily. Sometimes I will not frequent Snuffhouse but I still use my snuff. Just recently I ordered my first new snuffs in almost a year, Toque and Old Mill, but I probably have enough snuff to last me 10 or 15 years ATM. This won’t stop me from doing a Mr Snuff order to catch up on any new and or interesting snuffs that came out this past year. Snuff really is a wonderful hobby. So many great scents from all over the world at our fingertips. At first it was a way for me to quit smoking but now it is my form of tobacco aromatherapy. Without this forum I doubt many of us would ever even fathomed in partaking of snuff.

I think it was more of a coincidence than anything else, but at about the time the forum went dark, I became a lot less enthusiastic about snuff. Yes, I still used it and probably got through about four or five grams of Indian white snuffs per day, but I was just not curious about new snuffs and it became mainly a means for keeping my nicotine addiction satisfied. I also started smoking my pipe a lot more regularly, up to about two bowls a day, from about one a week at the hight of my snuff craze.

I’m sad to say that the decline in interest coincided with a parting of the ways with the Volcano Lady, who was fascinated with my snuff habit and often challenged me to participate in blind tastings to check if I could identify a snuff that she selected at random from my various containers. It was a motif that ran deeply though our relationship. Ah well, as the Buddha said, the only constant in life is change itself.

I see my renewed interest in snuff as a sign that I have moved on. As I wake up from my slumber, I note that SWS has actually released a few interesting new snuffs that I haven’t tried yet. This will be rectified with the order that I just placed with MS.

It is too bad MS isn’t more actively fine-tuning this forum, it is probably the most important factor in the success of the business. I, too, would be content with a few snuffs and my pipes if this site went dark. 

@Mouse: #insightful

Yes, you’re right. I probably would never have tried anything like the number of different brands and varieties, nor discovered the good ones nearly as quickly, without the site. Although I did first hear about snuff on a pipe forum, which had a long-running, active thread on snuff, so there are other means of learning.

Now that you’re saying…reading on snuffhouse was probably the main reason for me placing order after order, even before I registered as a user. (I order in germany though, since MS doesn’t have any convenient payment method for me)
It doesn’t look like MS is making enough money or having any plans in growing their business. If they made any profit, reinvesting in their terribly outdated online-presence and snuffhouse would make alot of sense to me.
Just compare the site to something like snuffstore.de, I don’t even want to order there and would prefer mr.snuff because snuffstore.de doesn’t even have fresh 6 photo kailash in bigger sizes, but the excellent shop design is forcing me to still order there.

My snuff use has come and gone in waves, and a couple of times I’ve stopped completely for a couple of months and gone back to roll ups. I think part of this is due to over snuffing and giving myself a sensory overload or just a sore nose. I’m currently back in the flow, and due to financial reasons, snuffing. Has become a primary nic delivery means. Seconday is vape, and third is pipe (basically because I already have a decent supply of all those and don’t need to spend money). I have bought the odd pack of RYO tobacco, but not much. I actually started up with pipes again for those moments when only a smoke will do. I figured that a bit of negative conditioning might be in order, as I wasn’t very successful with the pipe before, and the urge to smoke being rewarded with frustration and a bitten tongue might be useful. As it happens, I’ve actually gotten more competent with the pipe and started to enjoy it. As to snuff though, I have purposely tried to leave the favourites alone and revisit the neglected snuffs. I am finding some have settled down rather nicely, and are very enjoyable. Others are clearly not something I can use regularly, and are being ditched into the Grannys Stew as described on a seperate thread. Is it another phase? Who knows? Who cares? Right now I am enjoying it, and that’s all that matters

Hah, I remember when this thread was started. Interesting to see how many people have come and gone since then By the way, welcome back, @50ft_trad

Thanks @Hitsuzen. Good to be back. A couple of years on, my tastes and aversions are now quite established. No more feelings of missing out when snuffs don’t work for me, and no more feelings of feeling I have to try everything in existence. No more guilt or feelings of failure from my nose’s incompatibility with finely ground snuffs. Just need to cut back the collection to the favourites and recycle the snuff that doesn’t work for me into a different blend. I’m really enjoying my snuff right now. Snuff on! \\m/

Snuff is so flipping awesome.

I took nearly 2 years away from snuff due to an accumulation of small irritations with the hobby;wrestling over stuck WoS tins for example.Previously, i tried to work out everything on my own and not surprisingly became frustrated with it. Then i decided to take a closer look at this forum to see if there were solutions. And there were, in droves. I recall reading a thread that basically said to just relax and pinch the sides of the top of the WoS tin and itll pop off everytime. After feeling mildly retarded, i found that i was enjoying my Gold Label much more because every pinch wasnt preceded by a series of profound cursing and shredded finger nails because of a stubborn tin. But the tips on technique and snuff suggestions have really influenced my desire to stick with snuffing. And more importantly,enjoying it rather than simply being successful at taking it.

@Chicago_CA I can relate to so much of that :)) Whit the stuck WoS tins, my technique is to pinch with the right forefinger and thumb on the sides from above, and with the left forefinger and thumb on the sides from below, roughly 90 degrees to the other fingers. Alternating pinching with the right and left hand causes the tin to almost walk off, and once it gets really loose you can lift it off in a controlled fashion with no sudden clouds or other calamities. Your last sentence was poignant too. Took me a while to accept that other peoples snuff choices and techniques not working for me weren’t “failures”, they were just part of finding out what’s for me and what isn’t. Now I know what works for me, things get a lot more enjoyable.

I had a time once with a wos tin before figuring out the pinch, that’s funny, thought I was the only one.

I found the best way to open a stuck WoS is to slam it against the nearest wall  :))