Interesting. I started snuffing a few months ago, and enjoy it very much, but I don’t seem to be addicted. Maybe I’m not using enough? But I’ve gone for 24 hours without it and have no ill effects, none of the intense craving and irritability that quitting smokers report. Maybe a little less energetic, but that’s all. Maybe it’s because I’m in my 40’s and never used tobacco before. Most smokers start in their teens when the brain is still developing. It would be a fascinating thing to research if nicotine only becomes addictive if you start it too young. The research seems to be coming in that it is completely beneficial for older people.
You have growing nicotine receptors as you go along, their needs will start to show and it doesn’t really matter what product you use.
I find acquiring snuff and every thing about it Addicting .not so much the nicotine I have many other sources to top off my nicotine levels with.Alas I been a nicotine user 42 + years
For me it’s not so much the nicotine that is addicting… it is the darn TAD… and I have been bit by it…
addiction is a funny thing. First drugs don’t act uniformily from one person to the next. People who are very prone to nicotine addiction for example tend to have more effects from nicotine then people who are less likeily to get addicted to nicotine. On that note snuff withdraw doesn’t seem as dire as cig withdraw. Or more accuratily for whatever reason it takes longer for me to feel really badily then when I was a smoker.
I started smoking at 12, and was probably not addicted until I was in my late mid 20s. I have seen people become addicted in as little as 2 months, but that’s smoking upwards of 10 a day. I never reached that level until my early twenties. I never felt a craving until my late 20s (I’m in my early 40s now). Before physical cravings developed, and even after they did, I could force myself go indefinitely without one, but I couldn’t conceive of my life without them, the addiction was psychological. As Matthefox says, the nicotine receptors need time and quantity to develop. These are actually neural receptors that acclimate the dopamine release and began to build around it. Now, snuff is quite a different experience than smoking. With most snuffs the release of nicotine is quick (usually) and brief. So it would probably take much longer to develop addiction from scratch. Also nicotine is actually hard to notice if for someone who is new to it, except in the cases of overdose. Most new users at some point feel overpowered by it and end up feeling nauseous and need to lay down for a half hour or so. The addiction side of things is largely over-hyped by media/propaganda. In ages past when smoking was commonplace, people just did it so frequently that it seemed normal that it was a near continuous ritual, but people do not become instantly addicted as they would have you believe. My wife has smoked on and off since her teens, and goes months without smoking. She’s never seemed to develop an addiction, and even in her times on, never smoked more than 3-5 in a day. She also does not take pleasure in nicotine that I do and is quite envious of the euphoric looks of ecstasy that I give when I take a pinch of snuff. Her loss. The addiction actually allows the true pleasure to be felt.
I don’t feel addicted to snuff either. Snus and makla on the other hand…
addiction is a funny thing. First drugs don’t act uniformily from one person to the next. People who are very prone to nicotine addiction for example tend to have more effects from nicotine then people who are less likeily to get addicted to nicotine. On that note snuff withdraw doesn’t seem as dire as cig withdraw. Or more accuratily for whatever reason it takes longer for me to feel really badily then when I was a smoker.
I think this is a really accurate statement. I smoked cigs for approximately 10 years in my late teens to late 20’s. I never thought I was addicted. ONe day I decided to quit and I never picked up a cig again. I suffered absolutely no effects from quitting. I did not feel better or worse. I feel the same way with snuff. I’m not addicted. I just enjoy the crap out of this new hobby. I’m a big “smell” person. It is my favorite of my 6 senses. 
It is just natural that I want to smell tobacco up close and personal.
I have never felt physical addiction symptoms from quitting a tobacco product. I have felt like I missed something I enjoyed doing but that was it. I’ve quit cigarettes and snus cold turkey before. I think it is just that different genetics act in different ways and a host of other things like metabolism.
You Willl. >:) From my experice snuff gets more addicting the more you do it. But I was like you “after a few months …” but then my intake was still growing after 4 months. And now I’d say the nic plays a role in it But I get so much enjoyment from the experince as a whole. There are really no words when you enjoy something.
with out nicotine I want to kill everyone because everything about everything is like nails on a chalkboard. I can’t focus my head hurts, and worse then that my thoughts become unfocused and muddled. And there is no joy only annoyance and dullness.
There is plenty research done on nicotine addiction. Basically the younger you are when exposed the more easily you can become addicted as an adult. Other research suggests that newer snuffers do not absorb as much nicotine as seasoned snuffers.
@bob Have some snuff and calm down lol I’ll have some with you
I thought that I would throw this out there http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/hems/tobacco/tobacco\_products.pdf
my wife is smoker for ten years but she is not addicted she smokes only 1 to 5 cigarattes a day. I learnt that some lucky people can not be addicted due to a genetic problem which doesn’t decrease the nicotine level in their blood.
I went 3 months without taking a pinch. @linguist I think I heard somewhere that nicotine addiction is genetic or something. Like, if your parents were smokers, you are more likely to be addicted to nicotine than a kid from non-smoker or something. But, I’m no scientist haha.
Understanding that there is a difference in “addiction” & “indulging” (not to be confused with indulgence- laughing) I can honestly say that I am addicted to tobacco products (in my life daily & happy to have them) I am also addicted to alcohol (I enjoy a drink daily and even though I could change this to once a week or month, The need at some point to have one would prove the point of the addiction)
this thread is puzzling. and i may ruffle some feathers here … but honestly, why does any one person want to be addicted to anything. for f*ck’s sake, i have been addicted to cigarettes since I was 17, now going on 45, and i would give any thing under the sun to not want to be addicted to snus, snuff, cigs, etc. luckily i did find snus and snuff, and accept my lot in life, with pleasure and more safety, but lordy lordy, to not smoke, not snuff, not put tobacco of any sort in the mouth or nose, hobby or not, would be the greatest pleasure in life. nicotine is ball and chain to me. nicotine assists in my depression. certainly, i believe as many have stated, some can go days, etc. and feel no ill effects of not having nicotine. i can’t go an hour without the little demon creeping up on me. and like bob, i hate and want to bash in anyone and everything when i am trying to quit nicotine. it is very clear that whether it is alcohol, cocaine, cigarettes, etc. that some are gravely addicted and others, they can walk away at any time. i am jealous of them. i get that as a hobby, snuff is lovely, a work of art, etc. but as a curious test about becoming addicted to it … i say run. just my two cents … and apologies for insulting anyone indirectly.
@snuffbrant I agree with you entirely. If I could put down all of my tobacco products and just walk away, I’d do it in a heartbeat. I started at 14 and just hit the 22 year mark. I’m not trying to get to my silver anniversary with nicotine, but even harm reduction is a hell of a challenge. I’m still not off the cigs, and that’s one of the reasons I started snuffing/snusing/dipping. Before harm reduction, I was just trying to find a way to get away with nicotine on an airplane because a 4 hour flight was simply too long to go without. Hell, I missed a plance once on a short layover because I just had to have a smoke. Snuff/snus/dip have just given me the ability to have nicotine all day and has reduced my cig use. BUT, it has built my nicotine tolerance up so high that only things like Thunder RAW and huge piles of dip or loose actually do it for me. With that much tolerance I don’t even feel it unless it’s in massive quantities. All it does is stop the craving. It’s a sad, sad way to live life imho. I wish I could give the above post a double agree.
thanks @Dogwalla … i wasn’t trying to offend or say that this thread about addiction isn’t fun … i was more trying to say that for those of us who know this addiction too well for our own good, to hear anyone wonder why they are not becoming addicted, well, is puzzling. i wouldn’t wish it on anyone. you sound exactly like me on a 4 hour flight … and yup, i thank the stars for snus and snuff … absolutely. but if i could go back in time, i would kick the sh*t out of my little 17 year old self upon that first puff of cigarette and say “what the f*ck! stop it!”