I know you can get dip and chew in walmart in the united states, but what about snuff? Can you get any scotches or any snuffs there? My girlfriend is going to Omak WA, and getting some Grizzly for me but I would really like some snuff too!

We have a Super Wal-Mart here and they do not have snuff.

Dedicated tobacco shops should have some, not Wally haha.

Dry (nasal) in USA might be .001% of the tobacco market here. It’s just about unknown. At best a cigarette/pipe shop might have some. I’ve never seen it in regular retail.

Oooookay, I dont think the tiny town has a tobacconist. Maybe next time we go on a trip.

Walgreens sells a new cheap beer now. I haven’t tried it but I kind of like the idea of buying ethanol from a pharmacy. It gives it a “medicinal” air of legitimacy. Tho I imagine that stuff tastes lousy. I always look but I’ve never seen dry snuff at a Walmart yet.

Found one. If they sell premium cigars, they might have snuff. http://www.cigarero.com/Washington/Omak/

thanxs xapken, I still cant believe they have dip for $5 a can! Ive been paying waaaay too much!

I think the Walmarts in the South have snuff. I doubt if they do in Washington State though. They do vary the inventory to tailor to the region’s taste.

"Dry (nasal) in USA might be .001% of the tobacco market here. It’s just about unknown. At best a cigarette/pipe shop might have some. I’ve never seen it in regular retail. " It is actually that small ?? Sounds strange. Many members on here from more rural areas of the states tell us that you can find it in every grocery store or gas station along the road. Is this only in the south ? Well, i guess that but there are some people who use it ?? I mean, if nobody buys it, it would be out of the stores ages ago. Right ?

@Prismaster: most of its use is oral, probably more than 90% of it. Its generally used by people well over the age of 65 as well, and then mostly Southern, or Southern transplants to the north. Still, it is pretty easy to find in certain places. Here is generally found in urban areas.

@Xander It is so amazing, that it has still a following the oral way. It just amazes me in a positiv way and i hope it will stay for some time. Anyway, i am on my way that the scotch supply i have will last me several years - so nothing cant go wrong in the near future. HarHar

Yeah some younger (like 30-50 yr old) people also probably use it, it’s basically like using a cheap no name obscure brand of dip. You can find snuff in tobacco shops around here either samuel gawith in the plastic tapboxes or stuff like W.E. Garret it’s an insignificant part of the tobacco market and selling it isn’t profitable so it might be in an obscure corner of the shop or not displayed.

A lot of the Wal-Mart stores in my area (North Carolina) have Railroad Mills and Navy Sweet. One of them even carries Honey Bee.

On an off topic note, my local indian grocery store sells Pan Parag, anybody tried this stuff? Its only $7 so I was thinking about getting it.

@Brandasaur Yeah, there was a thread a while ago on Pan Massala, and Pan Parag is the best of the brands I’ve tried… More info here - http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/5033/ot-gutkhabetel-nut/p2

@snuffpub Really, if they sell it at Wal-Mart stores, there must be a bunch of people who buy it - supermarkets don´t stock on stuff they can´t sell (at least, they dont do so most of the times)

Some of the discount tobacco shops here in NC Indiana carry a selection of American snuffs but not Walmart

What is Pan Masala? Stefan

Betel nuts mixed with flavoring and powdered betel leaves.

I’ve found store locally in the metro-Detroit area.

*one store that sells snuff

@prismaster A lot, and I mean a LOT of old people around here dip Navy or Railroad Mills. In my town, if you’re over 60 and you dip, you’re probably using dry snuff. Food Lion supermarkets are actually about the best source of snuff too. They’ve got about 15 or 20 brands on hand most of the time.

@Chris, cheers mate, never heard of it before. It sounds like a curry called Tikka Masala, that was invented by the Asian community for the British pallet. Stefan

Check the Private trades thread if anybody would like some.

@snuffpub I never heard of dipping dry snuff. Interesting info, thanks.

@snuffpup Thank you for the info - i tought myself that the whole habit of using fine, dry snuff the oral way could not be that small. I mean, how could something rather “obscure” like this, prevail so long --if not a bunch of people would use it on a regular base ?

I’ve seen scotches at a convenient store in a big city. Also a pipe maker’s shop had some SG tap boxes and General snus (overpriced).

@xapken: This is where the term “dipping” came from. One would “dip” their finger or snuff brush or stick into the can, or mix a strong solution of snuff and water and dip out of that. From there one could suck on the stick or rub the gums and cheeks. I guess eventually people got lazy and just started pouring it into their lips, but the term “dipping” stayed. All of the things that we call “dip” are not really dipped. The word is largley anachronistic now. The moist snuffs that are used as “dip” are largely all based on the Scandinavian concept.

If you want to try Betel nut or Pan Masala simply go to the nearest Indian Grocery store and ask them for it. RMD is what they usually carry. Most places carry it because they’re all hooked on it lol

@Xander Thanks… that makes sense now. Interesting twist.

There’s also a gender issue with regard to dipping snuff. In pre-feminist times, and particularly in the rural American South, women who smoked tobacco were considered to be of questionable character, at best. Snuff was the only form of tobacco considered “ladylike.” So a lot of those old folks who dip American scotches are most likely women, although I’m sure some old men dip snuff, too. Despite attempts by feminist historians to set the record straight, there remain large areas of social history rendered “invisible” by gender bias. It seems snuff-dipping falls into one of those areas.

@PipenSnusnSnuff If you enjoy accounts of antiquity, here’s a link to a book from 1870. The part about tobacco starts at page 304. The format is PDF. http://books.google.com/books/download/Talks\\_about\\_people\\_s\\_stomachs.pdf?id=Hp0EAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U1bVrCT\\_ONTOMFDixBnV4uln-ddgA One mentioned that I’ve never heard of is plugging. Paraphrased “a piece of a half-inch is cut from a rope of tobacco the size of a mans finger and then screwed into the nose”. I would think that would make breathing a bit difficult. *grin*

Rope tobacco was popular with sailors, but usually only used as chew, since they couldn’t smoke aboard the old wooden sailing ships. But I suppose one can get awfully creative (perhaps a little too creative) during those long months at sea. [lol]