noobie question on snus

[crazyfrazy]

Hi there...my apologies if this is a dumb question, but wondering if it's ok to drink water/coffee or anything while you are using snus?

[hittman]

First of all, no question is stupid. Yes it's ok to drink while using snus. I always have something that I'm drinking while using snus. I think that I read somewhere that some things can affect the ph levels in your mouth and therefore affect how the nic/wta's are absorbed. This I can tell you for sure. I drink usually two cups of coffee in the morning while having a snus portion in and tend to follow the rest of the day with water or diet soda and snus works just fine for me.

[rothenbj]

Hi there...my apologies if this is a dumb question, but wondering if it's ok to drink water/coffee or anything while you are using snus?

Just don't forget to take it out to eat. I made that mistake with a mini portion once. Now if I start eating and can't remember taking it out, I get that anxiety that I swallowed it until I look in the tin cap. Not that swallowing it is that bad, but you really don't want to break it open while chewing your food, trust me.

[crazyfrazy]

Thanks so much for your input!! I will be careful to take it out when I eat for sure. My second day using snus, I accidentally bit my portion between my teeth...what a mess!!

[rothenbj]

Thanks so much for your input!! I will be careful to take it out when I eat for sure. My second day using snus, I accidentally bit my portion between my teeth...what a mess!!

There ya go. Now imagine that mess mixing with whatever you were chewing on. I just had one leak on me a couple days ago (I tend to leave them in pretty long. It requires a quick trip to the bathroom to gargle the crap out from between your teeth before you smile at the person next to you.

[BCB]

Oh, gross! I work w/the public all day long so would not want a blackish smile (if they get a smile at all). What was your first clue? I mean did you know it had leaked by tasting or feeling "something wrong" or did you glance in a mirror and discover the problem?

[rothenbj]

Oh, gross! I work w/the public all day long so would not want a blackish smile (if they get a smile at all). What was your first clue? I mean did you know it had leaked by tasting or feeling "something wrong" or did you glance in a mirror and discover the problem?

Trust me, you won't need a mirror to notice. describing it is a bit harder. A wet mud feeling in you mouth, but I never tasted wet mud. OT When I was a kid we had sat down to eat a chicken dinner. My sister took the first bit and announced that she wasn't going to eat the chicken because it tasted like "band-aids"! Now I'm sure she never tasted a band aid, as no one in the family had. However, we all took a taste and agreed, it tasted like band-aids.
Can't remember what we finally ate, but it wasn't that chicken.

[BCB]

So it's a wet mud feeling that's as disgusting as chicken that tastes like bandaids? I'll probably notice that without a mirror. Thanks.