Following on from the topic on your social class, I’m interested in what first attracted you to snuff? For myself, I guess the real spark was my grandad being a snuffer. Although he died when I was young, I’ll always remember him teaching me astronomy whilst taking pinches of his snuff. I found one of his snuffboxes about a year ago (which although not being ideal, being made of pewter, I use daily for my favourite snuff Toque Original), which made me think that I could use snuff to quit cigarettes. Also though, I’m a bit of a history geek, and the more I read up on the history of snuff, the more I fell in love with it. It definitely adds a certain something to the hobby. So how did you first get into snuffing? I’m guessing curiosity’s going to be the biggest reason for most people, but it’ll be interesting to read your tales.
good topic … for me, i had been trying to use snus to help me combat my cigarette battle … i was losing, using snus and smoking … bigmick suggested i try snuff … and from the minute i hit Toque Spanish Gem, i was hooked.
@snuffbrant +1 as a possible nic alternative to combat dip. As long as I snuff straight to the sinuses, add D.White and 2 pieces of 4mg gum at the same time… Im ok. Since I do like strong flavours and smells that was a big plus.
Ehh… After the doctors told me I couldn’t smoke and the nic lozenges got pretty expensive, I started looking for ‘less harmful’ ways to use tobacco. First, I started using snus because I could finally get General in a store. Then I looked up snuff and I order some from Toque. I loved snuff after I got the hang of it. I still use snus when my nose gets stuffed up and when I’m out. It’s just easier to use in the car or work.
Roderick. His “free” samples have cost me a bundle. The main attraction initially and now is the scents more than the nic. Snus handles most of my nicotine needs, snuff is a pleasant pass time.
I had blocked eustachian tubes for more than 6 months! I tried decongestants, Flonase and numerous other prescription medications. My GP and my Ear, Nose & Throat specialist were unable to do a thing about it. I went down to Memphis, Tennessee for a marriage a while back. While there I saw some Garrett Sweet Mild Snuff. I bought it for a lark just to find out about that snuff stuff that people down south use. WITHIN 24 HOURS my eustachian tubes were unplugged! I now call dry snuff my “therapeutic vice.” (I pirated the above from my snuff page.) http://www.howdydave.com/snuff.html Since I take a bucket full of medications, when I told my EN&T doctor that snuff was a great decongestant for me and it didn’t interact with other medications, he told me to continue using it. I couldn’t get him to go as far as writing me a prescription for tobacco – but whenever asked, I can say that I am a snuff sniffer under the advisement of my physician. I had quit smoking 15 years before going to Memphis and had reached the stage where I called myself a “non-smoker” rather than an “ex-smoker.”
I’m a weirdo and never seen anyone snuff, except one person when I was a child. I’ve always been a bit eccentric and heard that this was still going on in an internet forum. Had to try it. Then feel in love with all the different scents.
I am an anachronism.
@howdydave - What a splendid doctor to have, one who supports your snuff taking! Just a shame you can’t get it on prescription, but t’was worth a try! 
I’ve mentioned before that I first tried snuff several years ago, the mid 2000’s, when some younger fellows were passing around Lowen Prise at a pub I used to frequent. I think it was a ‘one-off’ for them, and most other people disliked it, but I found it quite pleasant and shortly afterwards bought some of my own. For a while, snuff remained a kind of novelty thing for me, but nowadays it’s a regular pleasure.
I’ve always enjoyed tobacco in all of its forms, so naturally I had to try snuff when I encountered it. My first snuff was Levi Garrett back when you could buy the large glass bottles at Walgreens. I enjoyed it enough to persist, and sought out the English and European varieties, which I found I enjoyed a lot more.
Attracted me to snuff? Less health risk than other tobaccos. The world could probably cut tobacco related illnesses in half, but governments are too blind to recognize it.
The first time I had seen anyone use snuff was when I was in an old movie of The Scarlet Pimpernel, I asked my mom what he was doing and she replied “snuff” Fast forward, smoking became a health issue with me as smoking cigs triggered “migraines” of the vestibular system, making me dizzy and causing me to throw up, and this would last several hours to a couple days sometimes. Smoking also made my tinnitus worse. So one day I happened to remember that old Scarlet Pimpernel movie and used google to see if tobacco snuff was still in production. Finding out it was I ordered some WoS Prime Minister, and also found one of the american scotches to try. I have also found like howdydave did that snuff helps with my health stuff. If I wake up with ringing ears then a little pinch of snuff helps to drain my sinuses (which are putting pressure on my ear drums making them ring) and the ringing pretty much goes away almost altogether. I also really like to smell different scents and so snuff lets me do that while also letting me enjoy a little bit of nicotine in the process.
I’ve always been a little eccentric, and I always liked to try new things. I was reading somewhere on a grow your own site that had a brief article about snuff, and it suggested that one should try snuff before devoting a lot effort into growing tobacco for it, and said that could be done by grinding up your favorite tobacco, and sniffing it. So I coarsely broke up some Bugler, the only tobacco I had on me, and railed it with a straw, sending me into a coughing, sneezing, gagging fit. Fast forward to 2008, I found some Gletscherprise in the local store. The rest is history. This is actually the site I was reading that fateful night in 2006: http://www.coffinails.com/snuff.html The information therein is pretty decent; I’m not sure where I got “crunch your dried-out rolling tobacco and snort it” out of that, in looking back, but we were all young once, I suppose.
Very simple… Being a part of a snus forum where they spoke of snuff freequently it peeked my interest. A friend sent me a sampler before my toque order arrived and I’ve been hooked ever since. I use both at the same time, haven’t found anyone like me. As soon as I pop in a portion or pris i take a pinch. The pinch hits quicker and once it starts fading the snus takes over. I repwat every two hours. It’s heaven. ATM skruff stark los and hmmm… hdt? Grunt? I think hdt will do just fine for my mood
I’ve typed it before, so it’s here somewhere, but, just the other worldly…enigma. I found a little Wilsons tin at about seven, it just fascinated me. Born to take snuff. What a way to remember me when I’m gone…
Inglourious Basterds. Well I read about snuff online before but I thought they had stopped making it because most websites said it was popular way back when. Then I saw the movie and thought Hmmmm that looks like it could be fun to try. Went online and got two tins off of mr.snuff and then my life changed.
Having blocked ‘e’ tubes for so long sounds horrible. My tubes always get that way whenever I catch a cold. They can (and do) ruin airline pilots’ careers. Perhaps snuff is a way forward.
Being able to get a nic hit wherever, and, the smell.
a Dutch website where I used to order cigars suddenly showed " Snuiftabak " in there shop. I tried it ( Poschl & De Kralingse) en was hooked. That’s 2 years ago - No I have over 50
I got into into snuff in much the same way as Micheltn, I kept seeing it on the pipe tobacco websites I would get my baccy from and decided to give it a try, it was cheap enough.