Hello guys, I just wonder how much time it takes Toque kind of snuff to release Nicotine and produce the wanted effect ? or in other words how much time I need to leave Toque in the nose before giving it a good blow? Thanks for your help!
I don’t blow my nose after each pinch. When I feel the need to clear some space, or if I am changing to a snuff that has a lighter scent, I clean out the nostrils.
But I tend to use 1 or 2 snuffs all day and for the most part don’t use the stronger scented snuffs that last and last…
When I was using snuff to reduce my dependence on snus I would probably have to take 3 or 4 good pinches in a short period of time to reduce the craving. After that it was a matter of staying ahead of the craving. Initially my snuff intake increased dramatically. Over time it has dropped back down but not to the original level. Snuff could be, in my opinion, a nicotine cessation product. If it wasn’t so much fun…
So basically what I did was keep shoveling it in until I was satisfied.
That doesn’t really answer the question though 
@Slide ya it doesn’t, but it gives me some perspective, though Thanks
With experience you will find that, without any conscious effort, that you know when the pinch has done it’s work. If you don’t get a sensation of nicotine delivery at the moment it will be because you are simply not taking enough.
The time to blow is after the upload of nicotine, i.e the point at which no further nicotine will migrate across the mucosa, but there are so many variables it would be next to impossible to put an exact time scale to it for any one individual.
@Snuffster I agree you cannot put an exact time scale but I think there is an average like 5 minutes for example…
Blow when you need to.
Stefan
@Walrus1985Actually that’s what I do, but sometimes I feel I do that maybe faster than the snuff deliver its Nicotine content, hence my question.
@Slide How much snuff you use on daily basis ? I mean roughly how many grams per day ? Did you ever have overdose ? Thanks
I use 3-5 grams a day on most days. I’ll try to keep track over the next few days and see where it falls.
@Slide Until now I can not measure my usage at all … When I was a smoker I could measure my usage easily… and I could stop when I exceed my normal… but now I can not know when to stop
@Kougy if you really want to track your usage, I’d recommend going to a head shop and getting yourself a scale. Some are pretty inexpensive and then you could know for certain just how much you use.
Yes, I use a digital scale that measures to 1/100 of a gram.
And @kougy I forget to answer the 2nd part of the question… A couple of times, mainly when getting a lot of new snuff in, I have reached the point of starting to sweat a little but that’s about it.
I pretty much maintain a level of satisfaction all of the time.
@SnuffinClown I think ya, a scale will do the job, thanks.
@Slide I like to maintain a level of satisfaction at all time too, thanks for the information and enjoy snuffing.
Well this is a way you can find out for sure. Take way more than you think you’ll need…and wait… when you start to feel lightheaded that’s likely when the nicotine is hitting your bloodstream. If you’ve take even more than that you will start to feel nauseous. It’s not pleasant but you will know without a doubt how long it takes. I sometimes experience light headedness when I get a new snuff and I am particularly greedy. For me somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-10 minutes. This tolerance test will also show you how much is too much. Usually I take about 2-3 apple seeds worth in volume per nostril every hour or so. If I take 4-5 apple seeds worth in volume, I get a little light headed. If I take more, or take more in quick succession, I will start to become nauseous. When I first started I was coming off of snus and was always frustrated that snuff didn’t feel like it was helping. I then took too much 6 photo medicated 66 and found out rather quickly how much nicotine snuff actually had. It wasn’t pleasant but it taught me that yes, there is in fact enough nicotine in snuff. It really is there. Up your pinch dosage @kougy it’s there.
As for blowing? Well I usually only blow my nose before take a meal or before I am switching to a completely different snuff…say before I start a run of Menthol if I’ve been snuffing Toque Chocolate all morning. Sometimes a snuff will cause my nose to run and I will end up blowing only after maybe 15 minutes because I would rather blow my nose then be snuffling. So you can decide to blow your nose when you feel the urge to, if you just snuffed, then blow your nose and snuff again. Just go with your own rhythm.
I seem to use about a gram or 2 a day. This will likely increase as time passes and my experience in being able to take snuff get’s better.
@thorgrimnr Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation, this hobby really needs patience and daily practice until one can feel satisfied by developing a personal technique which from my readings is sometimes totally different from one to another and there is no such thing as rules just personal preferences!
A typical week day. upon waking I load up the nose holes usually 3 heaping spoons in each, then a generous pinch of moist snuff[chew] tuck in the front of my lip.next a large bowl of pipe tobacco something like squadron leader.kick back and put on a percolator of fresh ground coffee ,throw some bacon in the pan set the heat on low,throw together a sandwich for my lunch,finish my pipe, spit out the chew, jump in the shower blow my nose.get dressed get the bacon out throw in some eggs and microwaved cooked potatoes in the hot bacon grease.pour a cup of Joe.
Load up the snuff holes again ,eat ,drink, load up another bowl do some more snuff drive to work. Make some more coffee,fill my snuff holes, work,stop for break use snuff, get back to work, break for lunch make more coffee eat load up my nose fill a pipe kick back,get back to work have some snuff, work till quit time have some more snuff, fill a pipe drive home, do dishes, use more snuff,make dinner fill a pipe.eat, snuff.smoke relax have several more bowls and some more snuff. Type something on snuffhouse, sleep do it all again tomorrow. Snuff =11 + pipe= 6+ coffee=4+blow my nose= 1
@basement_shaman Oh my God this is too much Nicotine and many bowls… man you should take care of your health, I did not not see even some sport during your day, you must do some man, enjoy snuffing though
You might actually have to wait a few weeks or months of persistance to notice the nicotine. It takes the body some time to acclimate to taking nicotine from a new source, and later to actually expect it from there.
@Xander I agree about that and I think your tolerance to Nicotine will be different too because you changed the source.