"In construing the acts of congress which employ the term “granulated tobacco”, we must interpret it according to the context. So interpreting it “granulated tobacco” must be classified as a species of chewing or smoking tobacco and held to be synonymous with “cut tobacco” and not synonymous with “snuff” ~ 1872 ruling later upheld by US Supreme Court The issue was that “snuff” was taxed at 32 cents per pound, but “granulated tobacco” taxed at 20 cents per pound so the manufacturers of snuff (after losing a suit for over-taxation) may have changed marketing their “snuff” to oral and smoked consumption because it was cheaper*. Source: The Federal cases: comprising cases … book 28 West Publishing Company *disclaimed: unverified personal research
interesting! thanks for the info.
Ditto PM’s comment
That would certainly make sense
I think after the revolutionary war they taxed snuff a lot because it was associated with the british.
I believe snuff had been on the decline before then, but that certainly didn’t help matters. I personally think greed was the undermining factor of it’s demise. Mostly because if we all were ‘snuffers’ the tobacco needed to satisfy the market would be considerably less. All my words are just guesses with no research to back it up, but I would bet a six pence AND a silver dollar that the tobacco farming conglomerates should be taken to task for creating a HUGE market for tobacco by promoting ‘smoking it’, what, maybe this started a couple of hundred years back?
@hooked I tend to agree. Easiest way to trace legislation. Follow the trail of money. Certainly by 1920s 1930s that trail went straight to cigarette manufacturers.
Another FRIGGIN gripe I have with the US government. Not only do they tell us what to do with our own HARD EARNED MONEY-- they tell us how to use our FRIGGIN TOBACCO!!! Pardon my French, but that’s BULLSHIT.
now, now now, no politics or they will close this thread, too. edm
well, they may of created an environment where smoking, and chawin was more acceptable, because they wanted people to use more tobacco. Personally, if it weren’t for all the smokin bans, i would still be a cig smoker, and I wouldn’t use smokeless tobacco. But now that I have switched over, I definately prefer smokeless to cigs.
I’ve been off tobacco completely for four years now. I’m very much liking nasal snuff, and to be honest it’s amazing how good I feel on it. I only wish I’d have had this before. Cold-turkey after 35 years of smoking was horrid. It is very nice to not have cravings when under stress. A bit of a sniff and within 5 minutes things are calmed down. I’m still very new to the community, but I’m 100% behind it as an advocate.
The only tobacco I use that i don’t really enjoy is cigarettes. I am doing pretty well at only one or two a day at work. To me snuff is so much more about the pleasure of the whole experience rather than just nicotine delivery. That’s kind of an obvious statement though.
Sorry guys. I’ll refrain from the politics next time!
Good call. That’s what they made facebook for.
I think snuff isn’t popular in the USA is the fact it is not a mass market product, the market is always too small for manufacturing. Although Marlboro and Camel have come up with Snus, so maybey there is hope. And cigarette smoking is more on peoples mind, in films, etc. Which American cares Napoleon took snuff? He is no celebrity in the US…
For about the first two-thirds of the 20th century, American tobacco companies spent loads of money promoting cigarettes, even giving them away free to the troops in both World Wars. They also made sure Hollywood stars were well-supplied, to promote the image of cigarettes as glamorous. Every other tobacco product lost customers, as many switched to cigarettes during that time period. No doubt that had something to do with nearly eliminating the already weak snuff market in the USA.
@snuffed Napoleon? I suppose the same American that shovels copious amounts of snuff up his schnozz? I mean, I only read about him in history books growing up!
@transistor American ?? LOL
@Prismaster yes transistor is an american.
@bob Nope, i did understand him that Napoleon was american. I am totally sure that he knows that Napoleon was french but however, a little joke here and there 