I started in a family Chicken business outside of Cincinnati in the third grade. My job was to take the live chickens out of the coops. A very dusty job when they get flapping their wings. An old guy told me I should put some snuff in my nose (to keep it runny and block out a little stink too!) Top was my first. I was about 16 at the time. I’m 36 now and there is so much good snuff now available! When another small box comes to my door with more snuff, I just tell my wife it’s for medicinal purposes- Snuff keeps sickness from entering the body!

Hi Bart - i used to be a full time chicken catcher travelling round farms in the UK. I never snuffed back then but a big pinch of menthol would have been just ticket for inside the sheds.

That’s a pretty good use for it! I took it up because I was interested in the historical value of it and also the novelty. I’ve been interested in tobacco for a little while, I find the history of it, or at least what I know, fascinating. I’d had the occasional cigarette but hated them and when I discovered snuff I just became fascinated and enamoured by it.

Well i don’t work with chickens but good god , some of the people using public transportation… It’s days like those I’m glad i carry snuff with me , especially if it’s menthol. I’ve had friends that don’t snuff ask for a pinch in times like those. I took it up because I’m a regular tobacco fiend , and because snuff is quite fascinating in itself like spam said.

I was a history major in college when I first learned of snuff, and it seemed right up my ally, but I didn’t try it till late last year, when I noticed some Poschl’s snuff at a local shop. Reducing my cigarette consumption was merely nice a side effect, but wasn’t my intention.

Snuff let’s me enjoy my tobacco in the house. I used to only smoke a cigar or pipe and the wife kicked me into the backyard to smoke and it gets cold here in NJ. Snus and e-cigar also lets me enjoy in the house. That is what started this passion!

I was reading about Beau Brummell and learnt how he popularized snuff in Regency England. I am already a pipe smoker. The book got me interested in trying to see how it would feel.When I saw the site where I order my pipe tobacco also carries snuff, I ordered some and started from there. The ones I bought did not disappoint me, so it got me wanting for more. And I have to say, snuff is quite good at keeping me awake during dull lectures.

Because it’s brings you joy, but its also a lower risk for health concerns than: cigarettes, chew, dip, pipe, hookah, etc., etc.,

because it smells really nice. It gives you a great icebreaker.

Just for the hell of it. Actually, I see all these smokers at work getting a 5-10 min break every hour while I was working my ass off straight through, and I decided I was entitled to some free time as well. So now I take a pinch on the way downstairs every hour, and if anyone asks what I’m doing just standing around relaxing outside but not smoking I tell them I’m on tobacco-break. If they challenge that, I just pull out the smash-box or tin, and grin.

I come from the North of England which was big mining country - miners used to take it for the same reason as Bart to keep the sinuses running. It was available in all the shops when I was a kid and I was just fascinated by it; I think mainly because the tins looked so cute. Iv’e used it on and off for years but it was a fantastic help when public smoking bans came in in England a couple of years ago and I just switched from cigarettes to snuff pretty easily; I refuse to stand out in the cold for a smoke if Im in a bar and snuff can be taken discreetly anywhere. And also when you get into it its a pretty interesting hobby unlike cigs.

Started with the intent of quitting cigs entirely. I’ve definitely cut down, but I guess it’s still a work in progress. NRT and Welbutrin were complete failures. Aside from that, Snuffing is a lot more enjoyable. The different varieties keep it from becoming boring. It’s slightly anachronistic, which is something else I appreciate. There’s also an aromatherapy component to Snuff that makes it a very calming, or stimulating, depending on what effect is desired.

snuffster, I’m like you, but I’m still living in the North of England. I could see the smoking in public places coming, I stopped the smokes and went back to my snuff. No way was I going to stand outside a pub in the cold smoking. Looking at my records, after smoking good cigars, pipes and a few cigs. it was full stop on 11-04-94 (That’s April 11th 94 to our American friends).

Good effort John!

I was just curious about it. I’ve been ordering Snus from Northerner for years and I noticed that they offered nasal snuff. I’ve look at the pages over and over working up the guts to try some. I ordered and couldn’t wait so I went to a local shop. W.E. Garrett shocked me, but then the package in the mail was fantastic. I didn’t start it to quit anything, but a “side effect” was that I’ve nearly quit snus. I find snuff more satisfying. I guess, not in the nic dept but in the tobacco scents. It also inspires some good conversation with onlookers.

I was strictly trying to quit smoking. I found nasal snuff by accident while searching mint snuff pouches. I had no idea how much I would come to enjoy it! I quit smoking cigs in two days, btw.

Cause it makes one read things like: “…snuff civilised Scotland and produced her many great men…” from The Story of Snuff and Snuff Boxes by Mattoon M. Curtis.

Cause it saves me about 3000 + dollars a year since smokes are about 5.50 a pack in Florida right now. If I spent 300 dollars on snuff today id have tobacco pleasure for the next 2 to 3 years easy. I can practically pay for a new car with the savings .

Taking snuff definitely helped me quit cigs and put some extra hard earned cash in my pocket.

I like nicotine. Pure and simple. I started smoking cigarettes while writing my thesis to focus my mind. I’m a sincere believer that nicotine improves the thought process. Even after I quit smoking cigarettes cold turkey, years later I started using Nicotrols for the nicotine. Then cigars, then pipe tobacco, and now snuff and pipe tobacco. I just love my nicotine. All the tastes and smells are gravy.

nah it’s not all true. Orin doesn’t but his hard earned cash in his pocket. He puts it in his wallet.

I started using snuff as a way to cut down smoking (finally doing it now after a year - 10 days without a fag so far), but also because I liked the history and tradition of snuff taking. Now hooked on it because there are so many different flavours, and it’s cheap and relatively easy to build a collection.

Good out of context quote there Toffee, only for us Yankees, of course!

It’s fun, interesting, varied, cheap, arguably the safest way to enjoy tobacco, its a good conversation point and a good icebreaker at parties!

@miamimark: Oh dear, I forgot about that…LOL!

Why should…? Well its a matter of saving the economy. You see, if everyone only bought what they need the economy would quickly grind to a halt. It’s addiction that makes the world go round. I like to do my part so I drink coffee and tea, smoke pipes and cigars and of course SNUFF. Ha ha.

Ha Ha Ha. And you like spilling snuff on that swoosh logo Nachman.

Excellant idea for converts, Dave!