Hey everyone, I'm new to this forum, but I have 'lurked' many times.
This place is great for a novice snuffer seeking guidance, so I hope you won't mind me asking a couple of elementary questions.

I have tried snuff a good few times in the past, but only as a 'novelty'.

More recently, I have been a little more determined to learn enjoy snuff, mostly due to the smoking ban in the UK.

I'm a smoker, and as I recall from my long distant past, I didn't enjoy it the first few times I tried it. For some stupid teenage reason or other, I persevered with it until I was hopelessly addicted!
Now if I can persevere with smoking, I told myself, why can't I persevere with snuffing too?
I am frank enough with myself that I admit that I simply am not ready to quit smoking, and thus to attempt to do so would be deceiving myself, and doomed to failure.

This now leaves me with a problem. Big brother has made smoking difficult for me, so I need an alternative source of nicotine for such instances as long train journeys, busy times at work etc.

With this in mind, and having tried several 'nicotine replacement therapies', I thought it was time to give snuff another go.
The problem is, that all the snuff I have tried in the past has been with Hedge's 'the snuff' L260. Well, i think 'LD50' would really be a more suitable name!
I don't like menthol, and I find that snorting it into my nose hurts, makes me sneeze, and makes my nose run.
I discovered this when my Grandad bought me some tobacco- free menthol snuff (snuffy weiss) years ago when I was a kid and had a cold.
A little research on the net showed that all snuff isn't created equal, and that there were plenty of menthol- free snuffs available.
Armed with this knowledge, I marched into my local tobacconist's and asked for one tin of every snuff they stocked that was free of menthol. This may sound ostentatious, but they only had about 8 different varieties and I could see that most were marked 'menthol'

I walked out with three tins of snuff: Wilson's of Sharrow SP100, J&H Wilson No1, and Kendal Ambassador.

I tried the Ambassador first and I found it as bad as menthol, but I genuinely enjoyed the other two, which I found to be very similar.

I've been using SP100 ever since, and I often take it instead of having a cigarette, not because I have to, but because I want to.
It seems that I have a preference for plain snuffs. After my success with these three snuffs, I experimented with other flavours, but to be honest I didn't enjoy them as much.

So, now I have been using snuff for a little while, I have a couple of questions.

I bought a new tin of SP100 yesterday, and when I took it, I felt like I had been maced!
I had a couple of half tins lying around, and upon examination it seems that they were already quite old when I bought them, as the tins have evidence of slight rusting inside the lid.
The new tin I bought is literally new, no rust, and brighter metal. The snuff inside seems a little darker and there were a few clumps, as if it were a little moister.

The problem is, I preferred the old lot! I know a dryer snuff should be more irritating, but it seems to be the opposite way round in this case.
I guess the snuff could have become milder for reasons other than moisture, maybe chemical breakdown over time?
Is there any way I can emulate this aging?

Next question is, do I blow my nose after snuffing or not?
It seems that there are people who blow and people who don't (like in all walks of life...) but I do worry about swallowing so much tobacco, and I'm sure I have felt mild nausea a while after snuffing.

Do you more seasoned snuffers tend to blow your nose after, and if so, how long do you wait before blowing?
I've seen that some people snuff as often as every 10 minutes, and that means they are either blowing their nose a lot or swallowing a good deal of snuff!

Last question is, can anyone recommend a suitable container for carrying my snuff?
I have tried bullets, but they raise too many eyebrows. I don't seem to get on with pinching, preferring to pour some onto the back of my hand instead.
At the moment, I'm using the container that my Ambassador came in, but I'd prefer something a little more stylish and subtle than a gold and brown box.

Thanks for reading my somewhat protracted post, and I look forward to discussing my new 'dirty' habit with you!

hi mate.

well as for the snuff at the back of the throat that happens to everyone every now and again, but with practice u'll get less and less, so swallowing doesnt become an issue. Its really ony a small amount so it doesnt do u harm to swallow, just gives me a nasty burn. If you try to keep it in the front of the nose you should be alright.

And that just leads to blowing. Some snuffs sit in my nose and others tend to cause my nose to run. If its the former I dont blow at all unless i feel the need. However if its running i'll dab it a few times till I cant be bothered and clear it all out. Like you said its a matter of preference.

I find the dryer snuffs dont make my nose run so i hardly blow it.

sorry about the ramble :)

Mike

You NEED to try the "toasted" snuffs. That's Irish High Toast, High Dry Toast, things like that. It's a plain snuff lover's dream. Also, look into American Style snuffs. They're mostly plain and give a tremendous kick. But, if I were you I'd get my hands on some IHT. Also look into Kendal Brown from Gawith and Hogarth, it's very dry and makes me sneeze regularly, but the tobacco scent is rich and fulfilling. Oh, and for a treat, get some Latakia 1860. It's a good and smoky pure tobacco.

(P.S. I'm in the same boat. I'm not a menthol fan and "flavored" snuffs irritate me. I just want meat and taters tobacco, haha)

Welcome aboard! Everything important was said: blow your nose when you feel the need, technique is the key in order not to swallow the tobacco and yes, plain snuff will probably make you happier if you do not like menthol.

Hello my friend, have a nice sleep...I am beginning my day...

Pedro

calling it a dirty habit here may be akin to demanding a pork pie at a bar mitzvha. smoking however.............

Well done on quitting Walrus. I wanted to do it for years and wish I had thought of snuff earlier, however its great now to be able to enjoy snuff and not have to be a slave to Cigarettes and huddle in those $%^&*£ shelters that are springing up now.

I agree about the ban, but at least it made me think a bit more than I had previously about smoking and directly led me to quitting. We'll still have the revolutiion though...

Around here in the US, the cops can still get the wrong idea



this is heroin
Heroin can be slammed, sniffed, or smoked.

This is from the fact sheet on the DOJ website. Heroin on the Eastern US is generally sold as white. But in the Western US its generally sold as black or brown like Yaz has pictured above.

The appearance of heroin can vary dramatically. In the eastern United States, heroin generally is sold as a powder that is white (or off-white) in color. (Generally, the purer the heroin the whiter the color, because variations in color result from the presence of impurities.) In the western United States, most of the heroin available is a solid substance that is black in color. This type of heroin, known as black tar, may be sticky (like tar) or hard to the touch. Powdered heroin that is a dirty brown color also is sold in the western United States.

Heroin can be brown here too (in fact 'brown' is one of it's street names)
I heard of someone (on a forum I think) that got 'caught' with a bullet loaded with snuff and was arrested for possession of heroin.
That's another reason for my purchase of a tin of red bull just for the container- it clearly says 'snuff' on it!
As luck would have it, most of my circle of friends are solicitors, so I'd probably end up getting a good deal of compensation if I was arrested for my snuff :o)

It's interesting, you could argue that having a brown powder in your possession would give police reasonable cause to suspect you of heroin possession, but at the same time, they can't outlaw snuff just because it resembles something else.

Who is in the right here? If police were powerless to make arrests for snuff, then drug dealers could just put their heroin into a snuff tin.
On the flip side, why should I have to suffer being arrested and released with no charge just because I use snuff?

LD-50,,,roflmao

Like your sense of humor; welcome to the forum!

Here's a tip to keep the drainage moving forward ...Sit or stand up straight after your hit and lower your head slightly. Gravity with take it from there. I tend to blow when a I feel a drop under my nose. As was said, fine powered snuffs are very quickly absorbed, but if I use something with a coarser grind, I sometimes tilt my head back for half a minute and everything moves back up the schnozzle for a good second pass.

No worries, I got the joke, I just didn't comment :)

You can be very functional after snorting herion it takes a while to really kick in that way for one which is why junkies tend to use it other ways (if you can't wait a little less then 20 minutes for something to kick in you may have a problem in that area). I just hope that the police relize that if someone keeps snuffing herion every tweenty minutes are so they'll be really fucking sick in no time at all. Though the herion buzz especialy to non-junkies can be really functional in certain ways. I'd be safer at work if I did a little bit of herion then if I was lightly drunk. Though socialy I'd be a little stranger on the herion.