I’m curious as to how some of you handle the situation of snuff taking in public, especially at work. I tend to do it at my desk and also in some of the very long (all day), boring meetings I have to attend. There are quite a few raised eyebrows since, well I don’t have to spell out what at least most Americans think I am doing. I should also note that I make my own cigarettes from a custom blend of my own (Turkish with quite a big hint of Perique) but it never fails that when someone finds out I make my own, they immediately assume there is something other than tobacco in them. Any others out there have the same experiences?

For me nothing is more fun then while proccessing an arrestee for narcotics getting to watch his face as I take big heaping sniffs off of my hand. I work plain clothes and often times the homies on the street call us “Narcos”. Obviously these guys watch too much TV and actually believe that since we are “Narcos” we get to use the product. After I get my laugh, I often attempt to explain to these fellas what excactly it is I’m sniffing. And being the sweet hearted guy that I am, I’ve shared many a pinch with these misguided souls.

I take snuff just about anywhere except while in meetings at work. Kinda feel like that would be pushing my luck a bit.

I take snuff wherever except if i’m meeting with a client, (that sounds dodgy, I’m not a rentboy lol). I also roll my own. Maybe its something about the eastern side of the pond, but there’s nothing unusual about rolling your own over here.

I am a union sheet metal worker and I work in a shop 8 hours a day. my foreman and co-workers are pretty used to it by now. Most of my family is too. I generally try not to make it too obvious, but I don’t go out of my way to hide it unless there are kids around.

Hey Poo Diddy, Im a cop as well and it is certainly fun to take it in a police setting. Like you, Ive done a lot of plain clothes work in the drugs/vice world. I love taking in front of other cops and watching the wheels go round in their heads, like ‘Is he treally doing what I think he’s doing’ !! Ive never been challenged in nearly 20 years so quite clearly I could do some lines of C at work with nothing more than raised eyebrows!

It is a great job snuffster, like you the fellas at work all thought I was a bit whacked in the head when they first saw me partaking, but most of them now ask me for a pinch every now and then themselves. They all seem particularly fond of the Red-Bull and the way it opens them up.

Like I’ve said before on the forum, I always keep my head up and snuff proud. By doing that, I hardly ever get any type of negative reaction. I never feel embarrassed or ashamed of my habit. I never have to attend meetings or conferences, but I would imagine I would use discretion depending on the crowd. Of course there are times to use discretion where you don’t want to force people to feel uncomfortable or disgusted. For example your at a meeting/conference or restaurant with a group of people or something. I would have respect for them and not take a big snuff right at the table without at least asking them first if they cared. Just as I would hope they won’t sit there picking their nose or lighting up a cigarette without at least asking if I cared.

I like offering snuff when I feel nervous about taking it. Like offering it the head guy in a meeting might help move you up through the ladder.

@snufster-I can actually hear your british accent in the way you write. It’s very brilliant.

Why thank you, old chap!

Talking about british accent, I just remembered a story from our school. An old aristocratic family returned from emigration to Czech Republic and their daughter attends to our school. I heard her once saying: “I got 5 (it’s the worst mark here; like your F) in test 'cause I used american english instead of british…” She was brought up in Canada and american (canadian) english is her mother tongue. And yes, the teacher is crazy silly woman.

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I’ve had real bad luck with an automatic box. The first one I had lasted about 15-20 clicks. Then I got a replacement that only worked when the box was open or you pushed the button down real hard with a pencil or something rigid. I took my bad luck with them as a sign to just stick with a pinch or bullet. But they would be good for someone who is a little timid with their habit in public.

Hello kckunz, That box your asking about is the one that Satyr bought. He posted a review along with photos. You can see it HERE EBAY has a great selection of snuff boxes. Also here are some links for some nice boxes. Wood Snuff Boxes Wood Snuff Boxes 2 Pewter Snuff Boxes Onefortheroad’s Snuff Boxes

More snuff boxes here too!

Yeah sorry NoseBag, I meant to add yours to that list but while making the list I got sidetracked on another window I had opened and forgot to add it.

I have no problem taking snuff in pubblic, as it can appear somehow odd, it’s perfecly legal, and much more acceptable then lightning a cigarette, and I love the funny faces of those ones that watch at me snuffing!

The only problem I’ve got is turning down too many other people offering me a pinch from their tins. Life is good!

Must say that I’ve never had that problem, Snuffbox. I’m usually pretty discreet about my pinches, but not so discreet that I look like I am hiding something. I love it when I take a pinch in traffic and someone next to me gives me a stink eye.

Hey, I’m in the library at the moment; have several snuffs in my bag, do you think its appropriate behaviour to snuff in the library?? You don’t get much more public than a library lol and I’m worried a security guard might see me and cause a commotion

Wow, Snuffbox. Where do you live? Heaven?

Haha yeah I wish some of my friends were experienced snuffers with massive snuff collections! (and were generous with it!)

I don’t think it’s a big deal, oaxaca.

I snuff, roll, use snus and puff on the pipe where ever and whenever I want. People will give me the occasional stare, but as long as they don’t come forward and ask questions, I won’t go out of my way explaining it to them. I guess I just don’t care what people think - heck, people might even call me a prick Should I eventually get confronted with the law, they’ll soon enough learn that it’s all perfectly legal, followed by me offering them a pinch of whatever I happen to be snuffing at the time.

Yes, bemusement and interest do seem to be the most common reactions and I often seem to end up giving quite a lot of pinches away when I’m in the pub.

The peace of mind I have in my pocket right now says “don’t smoke snuff toque.” Without having any real confrontations, if it happens I just picture myself saying Bam! it’s legit sir. Although the Peanut Butter part might be qustionable.

I haven’t had any problems taking snuff in public. Everyone at work thinks I’m a bit strange anyways, so they got used to it pretty quickly. I usually have a few pinches when the wife and I go out to eat, but I haven’t gotten any comments yet. The only time anyone has said anything about the snuff, is when we go to the bar. Most people just ask what it is, but as their drink tally goes up so does their curiosity. I try to take a coarse, moist, lightly mentholated snuff to the bar in case someone wants to try. I’ve found these snuffs are best for a first time drunk pinch.

We went mtbing this morning and afterwards we had some coffee at the clubhouse. I don’t take snuff while I’m riding so I’m normally “starved” when we get back. I always go to the toilets to take a couple of sniffs. Today I just casually took out my tin of Toque Original and helped myself to a healthy pinch while we were having the coffee. Guess what? Nobody even raised an eyebrow!! Maybe the guys and girls thought it was some Performance Enhancing Drugs and did not want to show their ignorance by asking me what it was!!!

I have not had any real problems snuffing in public. Most people don’t even seem to notice. I do admit to snuffing in my collage in violation for the NO TOBACCO policy. I usually don’t do it in class but the library and hall are pretty safe. I have not converted any fellow students yet, they like the cigs too much.

When I was in the hospital last week for my hip surgery, I had my wife bring in some snuff for me. A couple of the nurses looked at it kinda funny, but nobody said anything. I brought along some Ozona Snuffyweis just in case they said no tobacco, but didn’t have to use it.

I have no compunction using snuff anywhere at any time. People look at me oddly sometimes, but I quite like that. I will ask people if they mind if I’m in a restaurant or somewhere like that as it’s only polite. When I’m in a pub or club I end up passing the tin/box/bullet around and usuallyget quite a few takers - in fact I’ve filled a bullet with HDT/W&H mix for a friend of mine who used to take snuff and fell in love with it again through me. Never had a negative reaction to it yet.

Get well soon, Leman xx

I couldn’t think of a funnier one in public than Toque “Coke”

my job is driving a tanker around southeast england, i occasionally have to go into prisons and recently was going to one quite regularly, anyway,one day i went there and i forgot about the two snuff,s i had in my rucksack. this day, they were doing drug searches on all vehicles entering, which they had a sniffer (snuffer) dog lol, as i stood there waiting for them to finish, all these thoughts were running through my head about the dog thinking it getting confused with the smell of snuff thinking it was drugs, it was a bit worrying, but it didnt take any notice of it, maybe it didnt smell the snuff or wasnt familiar with that smell but was i relieved when they let me in to do my job and then out i went. lol

I was at the post office yesterday waiting in a long queue and absentmindedly took out a box of SG Irish D light (which is very light tan) and snuffed some off the back of my hand. everyone around me took several steps away from me like I had some sort of disease

I get some odd looks snuffing between frames bowling, much moreso when using a wooden snuffbox. It’s for the best–some pretty foul-smelling stuff gets on the fingertips when bowling, so I prefer a back-of-the-hand portion rather than a pinch.

At first, I was paranoid at work. First, I was using bullets, and when I dumped those, I started with smash then snuff boxes, now production tins. I still try to be relatively unobtrusive, but people know I’m doing ‘something.’ I feel a bit guilty about making ‘inappropriate’ noises. Instead of my little army of before, I only take one or two, a user rather than a sampler. I’m routine; so I’ve pinched (unintentionally) with the big boss standing behind me. Since my pinches are bigger now, frequency is less. I’m somewhat open about it, but try not to put it in anybody’s face, if that makes sense. I still think (feigned) discretion is the better part of valor.

Not much attention in any European countries I’ve been to lately. If people are curious, I offer them a pinch and quite many accept and then ask where to get this stuff. Formal situations trying to be more discreet, portion snus is handy then.

I snuff at work all the time; my immediate coworkers/supervisors know it and have no issue. However, when in a meeting with our client or upper management I just lip a snus before heading in. Stealth tobacco!

@ James. S“I just lip a snus before heading in” Yep, that’s the way it’s still my preferred method but, cash doesn’t allow it at the moment.

When I was working in the field installing fire sprinklers, many places were tobacco-free, especially hospitals! We always had at least on bucket of black sprinkler water from pulling heads and catching water which came in handy as my cuspidor or if it got bad, when you go up above the ceiling to pull in some pipe, get a healthy snuff while you’re up there. Where there is a will, there is always at least one way, hahah!

With my previous job at a huge mindless corporation, any time I was required to fly in for meetings I was NEVER without a pris in my lip, ducking out of meetings from time to time for a snuff in the washroom. With my current job in sales, I am also afforded the luxury of either, whenever. In public, I’ve never hesitated to put in a pris, or have a snuff, and as I have mentioned here before, I even shared one with a TSA agent going through security at the airport. I’d point out that many of these places I’d have been frowned upon or worse for lighting up a smoke. Our habits are by nature more acceptable than smoking, so I think we shouldn’t hesistate to take advantage of that.

When I first became interested in snuff I did it ‘secretly’ at my desk, in the comfort of my own home- but when it came to having a pinch while I was out and about, I was strangely nervous about doing it in front of a colleague! Eventually I just up and did it… And my colleague became so interested that he is now an occasional snuffer himself, and we now share snuff! I think the addition of a nice snuffbox and silk kerchief would really improve the appearance of publicly taking snuff, as brown smeared tissues are unseemly, as well as a brown smeared nose and dripping snotty goo… Tins with ‘THIS PRODUCT CAN DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH’ aren’t the most appealing of things, either, as they alert any passerby that you’re doing ‘bad stuff’. I think the snuffbox is a little more classy and less ‘what is that guy sniffing out of that suspicious aluminum can/nosepipe’. Nowdays when push comes to shove, I just open the damn tin and take a big pinch, (using a bullet in public seems to get an even worse reaction, as most assume they’re for cocaine) to the confusion and raised eyebrows of mostly anyone who notices. I take several tins around with me throughout the day, ‘just in case’, and while I look forward to kerchiefs and a box, I’ve come to the conclusion that I DON’T CARE if other people look at me funny anymore! Edit: I just added some water to the Swiss Chocolate, and now it looks EXACTLY like smashed up cake. I wonder if, with a snuff like this, an individual could get away with insisting to curious onlookers that they are in fact sniffing CAKE CRUMBS!!

I was actually at college the other day and I passed a tin of Toque Toffee to a fellow student to have a try. Now, I’ve taken the odd pinch in class before and even had a conversation with a teacher about it whilst having a pinch, that would set the precendent wouldn’t it? Oh no. That same teacher yesterday flew off the handle into a full on outrage at me and commented ‘I allowed you to do it before Christmas, because it was Christmas’. I was then called before one of the senior members of staff to have a chat. I am now banned from taking any snuff whilst at college, yet when I was in work it was fine, in public it is fine, infact I have never had any problems until yesterday. What really ‘got up my nose’ (thought you might like that one) was that the teacher that had the full on outrage, made personal comments about me and using it. Saying that I was a rebel and acting out. Now I’m a 20 year old ex regular soldier that is serving with the reserves, last thing I plan on doing is ‘acting out and trying to be a rebel’ at a college where the majority of people are 3 to 4 years younger than me… I think something bad must had happened to her over Christmas, as she was pleasent before hand but a real she devil. Edit: Forgot to mention that both members of staff commentted on how it was akin to ‘smoking and taking drugs’ (as in narcotics).

Unless they have an actual legal document in their rules that specifically state zero tobacco use of any type, they can’t do that. If they do, then you should have kept it in secret. Of course you could be 500 lbs diabetic and eat HoHos all day long.

@Tom502 Well, smokers walk around the campus all day puffing away, whilst non-smokers have to breath in the horrible fumes (I’m a non-smoker). There is a contract you are required to sign to attend there which states you are not allowed to take alcohol or drugs onto the campus but that is about it. I mean, ok fair enough if they don’t want me to do it in class, ask. However this teacher, as well as the senior member of staff had a fit! I explained to the senior member of staff that my taking it or offering it to a fellow student was in no way ment as a disruption to the class (There wasn’t any teaching going on, we were simply revising of our own accord) nor was done with any disrespect to the teacher in question and in fact I have never encountered any problems in a work place, or in public. The college is just very arsey as well as abit totalitarian in nature. One poor chap was kicked off a course because he bought down the classes average grade. Still, I’ll just snuff away in the breaks and if they say anything, sod them!

@Snuffin: The instructor accusing you of ‘trying to be a rebel’ was just trying to humiliate you and make you feel insecure by painting you as an immature little kid. (Sounds like SHE’S the one who needs her diaper changed.) I don’t see how discreetly taking snuff is disruptive, no one knows what the hell it is half the time anyway, shame on her for having a tantrum. However, I can see how they would not like snuff in the classroom, as while one person such as yourself may be inclined to take it discreetly, if it’s okay for you, it would need to be okay for others, and that spawns the nightmare of people who WOULD take it disruptively, noisily snorting, being obnoxious, wiping boogers everywhere, et cetera. And that would be… Horrible. Have fun snuffing on your break, and if you must use tobacco in class, snus is pretty hard to detect!

Kiestraak Oh yeah, I’m totally fine with not snuffing in class if only she had just asked nicely. I don’t mind not doing it anywhere if asked, however if I’m attack as in the way I was, it gets my back up. I don’t believe Snus isn’t actually legal in the UK. I think it was banned back in the 90’s and to be honest, doesn’t really appeal to me. Still, such as life. Just have to deal with it.

No, it’s legal to have and use, and you can receive snus via post. It’s just illegal for a store based in the UK to sell. Doesn’t really matter though, as you’re not interested.

@Shikitohno Huh, how about that? I read that it was illegal in most of the EU due to the carcogenic (spelling?) qualities. Anyway, as you said I’m not interested so it doesn’t really matter.

It’s not carcogenic. Been tested to death. I suspect the big cigarette companies are keeping it out.

Yes, snus, from what I understand, is much less carcinogenic than the usual dip or cigarettes, I think due to being steam processed as opposed to fire cured… Speaking of which, why *IS* snus banned in certain European countries? Is it something like the trade embargo the U.S. has with Cuba, thus banning cuban cigars, or what? Insight is appreciated!

The only reason I can think of, is the market monopoly of the big cigarette companies, that don’t want the competition. There is an effort to lift the ban. Of course the anti-tobacco fanatics don’t want it available.

What´s so wrong about being a rebel? You´d still have a Queen as Head of State, if it wasn´t for the rebels in former times. Wouldn´t mind too much about this stupid teacher. We had the same issues back in my days with using chewing gum during classes, which was forbidden. I´d just say some of them hate their jobs, so they can´t stand seeing others having a good time.

“The European Union banned the sale of snus in 1992, after a 1985 WHO study concluded that “oral use of snuffs of the types used in North America and western Europe is carcinogenic to humans”, but a WHO committee on tobacco has also acknowledged that evidence is inconclusive regarding health consequences for snus consumers.[2]. Only Sweden and EFTA-member Norway are exempt from this ban” That is why it is banned. Although yeah, having a read about it there is no real evidence that it is carcinogenic. Still, I think I’ll stick to my snuff’s! @Red Star. Her Majesty is still Head of State, however soverenity lays with Parliament and government makes the decisions. Her Majesty still has quite a considerable amount of power but in todays society does not use it and gives Royal Perogative to the PM. Personally if you ask me, I’d prefer Her Majesty to have soveregnity, after all I did join HER Armed Forces, God bless her. Anyway, yeah I do think she is starting to hate her job, either that or she has split up with the other half as she was really pleasent before Christmas when she went to Ireland yet now she is back, she is absolutely horrible. Such as life though.

Ouch. I´ve thought you were US American.

lol No, I’m from merry `ol England. I’ve gone to College rather late as I left school and went into the services. Now I’m looking at getting a few qualifications. Anyway, I’m just looking forward to the days when I won’t be personally attacked from having a snuff again haha

I’m a stealth snuffer. In the U.S the habit is still too odd and I don’t feel like attracting the attention. The one time I did snuff in Public was when I went to Vegas no one knows you, so who gives a hoot. At the BlackJack Table, Boy you should have seen the odd looks I got. I had to explain that this was tobacco. I will say that this was the first time I was went to Vegas and didn’t smoke. Not only didn’t I smoke I didn’t have the desire to smoke. Between Snus and Snuff I avoided the Radioactive Cancer Sticks.

I’m not someone who in any way tries to hide it, nor do I in any way broadcast or make a show of snuffing. First off let me explain I have long hair, four piercings and a multitude of visible tattoo art. Why do I feel the need to mention my appearance? Simple, it has great bearing on how people perceive what I am doing. Before I had a snuff box, tapping snuff out of a plastic Poschl or Bernard tin onto my hand or thumbnail tended to coax some inquisitive, and often disapproving looks from people. On more than one occasion, I felt obligated to inform them in a courteous and informative manner what I was doing. However after acquiring my first snuff box, opening the lid and pinching it or spooning some out onto the back of my hand, there seems to be less notice or concern. I never actually have had any real issues with public snuffing though. I have even done snuff in the presence of law enforcement officers (I have done construction jobs at a jail and a penitentary) several times without any reprecussions, actually as far as I know, I have turned one or two officers into fans.