Snuss - dry pouches

[trigger]

Ah so wintergreen refers to a cool freshness as opposed to the actual wintergreen plant! Still sound nice tho, might give them a try...er if I can get my girlfriend to let me (I know... whipped ) cos she wants me completely off nicotine by next year! But I can't see it happenin that soon! Thanks TB

[leaford]

Wintergreen is a mint. Root beer has some wintergreen flavor, but just a little, the primary flavor is sassafrass bark, although they use synthetic sassafras now.

[bishybob]

I couldn't get my order from http://www.buysnus.com to go through. Chase bank is really picky. I called them and told them I wanted to authorize that transaction. They said to wait a few minutes and try again and it would go through. It didn't.

I'm going to pick up a prepaid visa gift card next paycheck and try to order again.

It kinda sucks because they had a shipping promo where it was only a few dollars. Missed out on it.

I can't find the Skoal Dry anywhere locally.

[trigger]

Originally Posted by leaford

Wintergreen is a mint. Root beer has some wintergreen flavor, but just a little, the primary flavor is sassafrass bark, although they use synthetic sassafras now.

Thanks for that leaford! Maybe I can go and find some sassafras flavouring and use it to flavour my e liquid... slobber, gurgle!

[RatInDaHat]

I picked up a pack of the camel stuff in frost flavor while i was out in LA this last weekend. Tasted delicious.

[jasondavis48108]

hello all, just wondering if someone could tell me if there is a difference between snus and snuff, and if so what the differences are. Also has anyone seen any info on snus and jaw/mouth/tounge cancer. Know it probably sounds vain but i personaly would rather risk lung cancer than jaw cancer, I saw a picture in highschool and it scared the **** out of me

[TropicalBob]

The kind of snus product that is most popular today is called a portion. It's a little teabag-like pouch with tobacco in it (and usually some flavoring). I use only white, dry, mini portion snus. Avoid "loose snus". Snus has a long history in Sweden, and the medical studies don't show any disproportionate oral cancers (and Sweden has the lowest lung cancer rate in all Europe).

Do not confuse snus with American dip (chewing tobacco) products like Red Man or Copenhagen. Those will rot your mouth off. Awful by any measure. Highest nicotine, highest tars, highest TSNA count, gotta spit brown crap every few seconds. Ugh. These disgusting products rightly carry strong warnings about oral cancers and mouth diseases. Plus, they're highly addictive because of their strong nicotine content. You wanna throw up? Try dip. :mrgreen:

Many medical researchers, like Dr. Brad Radu of the U.S., and others around the world, think of snus as "harm reduction." It's much, much less hazardous to health than cigarette smoking. These doctors suggest a smoker move to snus, if unable to quit the smoking habit/addiction. I agree with them, but would add e-smoking to the short list of alternatives to cigs.

[RatInDaHat]

TB, you've tried the camel snus. are there any close flavor approximations in the swedish stuff? I really liked the frost.

-Dusty-

[TropicalBob]

I like that Frost also, as well as Spice. Camel hit on a good flavor combination with Frost, but I can't think of a Swedish snus that's as mild and flavorful. Only CatchDry Peppermint, sold in the States, comes close, and it's a slightly different flavor.

[jasondavis48108]

got another question about this snus stuff. I did some research and was pretty impressed with how much safer snus seemd to be than other stuff so i bought some. I noticed however that one of the packages I bought of catch dry peppermint says "warning: this product may cause gum disease and tooth loss" I thought this was a problem for chewing tobacco and that snus wasn't suppossed to do that. Anyone know anything about this?