Nasal Snuff

[TropicalBob]

Let me begin by saying I'm not expert on nasal snuff, just an occasional user who has three tins lying around at the moment. You want expert? Read some blogs devoted to this stuff. But I have used nasal snuff many times, including today.

My first words of advice: Buy some red, blue or green Western-motif handkerchiefs. Do not, under any circumstance, consider blowing your snuff-sneezy nose into a white hankderchief. Use your imagination for what that brown blob looks like.

Tobacco fans probably know that sniffing ground tobacco was the first known use of our favorite weed. Columbus found such use in Haiti during his second trip to the Americas. It gained favor in Europe, particularly among the upper crust of society. By the 1800s, that group discovered cigars. A century later and they had cigarettes and greatly improved pipes. Sniffing, or snorting, went into a tailspin.

But it never disappeared. And today every imaginable variety of flavor is available in commercial snuffs ordered from the Internet or even purchased in your local tobacco store. I've tried quite a few.

The newbie's first hurdle is how to use it. Pinching makes a mess. Putting it on the back of the hand is not very elegant. A snuff "bullet" can get you arrested for possessing drug paraphenalia. And snorting it through a straw or rolled-up dollar bill smacks of coke use. No, the best way to use it is from a small spoon. A perfect little spoon is the scraper that comes with the standard pipe tool - tamper, pick and scraper in one. Just scoop a small amount into the scraper, place it under one nostril, block the other nostril, and sniff lightly. Don't snort or the snuff will slam into the back of your throat, with much irritation. Sniff. As if you're smelling it, not vaccuming it.

If snuff has a problem, it's the same as most nicotine-replacement therapies: There's no instant hit. It's quicker than most, but not instant the way a cigarette smoker expects. But wait 10 minutes and you might not be able to stand up. Many snuffs contain large nicotine hits, greater than a mild cigarette, and the effect is usually delayed. This may cause the sniffer to take a second hit, resulting in regret 10 minutes later.

I found snuff prices to be very reasonable. And it can be used in other ways. For instance, wet a toothpick, stick it into the snuff and then rest it inside the mouth against the gums. Your grandma might have soaked a stick in snuff, which she then sucked on all day. Snuff can also be cooked into brownies, as cannibis is. And it can be sprinkled into a pipe to increase the nicotine content.

Big advantage: It can be used in non-smoking environments.

But, for me, there's no smoke and not a lot of reward from sniffing it. The e-pipe at least offers me visual satisfaction, even if the vapor is essentially tasteless. (I'd smoke my real pipes for taste alone!).

Check out some snuff forums for opinions from hard-core snuff devotees. They love it and many are ex-smokers.

[TropicalBob]

This site (http://www.arthurshall.com/x_2006_tobacco.shtml) is well worth a read. It ranks tobacco use on a manliness scale, with nasal snuff being the only 10. As with most good satire, there is truth here.

When you finish laughing, ask yourself where an e-cig would rank on a manliness scale. Hmmm. Maybe 0.01. Not a good thought.

[PeteMcArthur]

Just tried out snuff for the first time and pleasantly surprised. I got a box of Gawith Apricot and McCrystals Highland Ice. Only tried the Apricot so far but impressed, definitely a delayed action to it! I was expecting to go into a fit of sneezing but no, I seemed OK. I've got a bit of a cold ATM but it certainly cleared my nose.

I shall investigate further...

[BrownBeer]

I just filled my schnoz with some Toque brand espresso.
Yum

[smokindeuce]

I like my toque snuff every once in a while when the feeling's right... got peppermint and natural on rotation at the moment - nice for a wee kick up the backside every now and again!

'It ranks tobacco use on a manliness scale, with nasal snuff being the only 10. As with most good satire, there is truth here.'

I saw that website a while back (it feels like I'm stalking you Bob! - obviously great minds think alike... although fools seldom differ as they say ) and felt quite proud of the fact that my tiny pinch made me a 10/10 man... okay then I'll settle for a 9.5 and hey it wasn't that tiny!

I'd say from all the research I've been doing in terms of safety and TSNA levels though, smoking anything analogue would now have to be above snuff in the manliness scale (or was that stupidness scale ) followed by the hardcore african/american chewing tobaccos which are really bad news on the oral cancer front.

My scale would be slightly different (ie. if you can do the top end of the scale for most of your life and still be alive then you probably are a real man.):

10/10 RYO inhaled
9/10 Ciggies inhaled
8/10 Dip
7/10 Cigars/Pipes no inhalation
6/10 Snus
5/10 Snuff
4/10 E-Cigs
3/10 Inhalator
2/10 Patch
1/10 Gum
0/10 Lozenge

Damn, I might have to revert to the old rollies!! lol

[PeteMcArthur]

You've missed one off, how about cigars inhaled! I used to kid myself that I had given up cigs, then smoke 10 Hamlet a day, all fully inhaled Even with a pipe I tried my best to inhale and sometimes succeeded.

Snuff has the side effect that people think you are snorting more exotic substances

[smokindeuce]

Originally Posted by PeteMcArthur

You've missed one off, how about cigars inhaled! I used to kid myself that I had given up cigs, then smoke 10 Hamlet a day, all fully inhaled Even with a pipe I tried my best to inhale and sometimes succeeded.

Snuff has the side effect that people think you are snorting more exotic substances

Definitely got to be an 11 on the manliness scale then... I forgot about the wee hamlets - used to enjoy an inhale on those myself once in a while!

Yeah, snuff is a bit like that, although it becomes slightly less exotic when you get home from a party or what have you and realise you had a trail of brown crap coming out of your nose whilst dancing with that pretty girl you fancied the look of... of course that's not talking from personal experience

[PeteMcArthur]

Yes,
Nasal cleanliness is way up my list of priorities... Somehow I don't think brown crap dripping from your nose would enhance sex appeal much

[NicotineRush]

Originally Posted by TropicalBob

Let me begin by saying I'm not expert on nasal snuff, just an occasional user who has three tins lying around at the moment. You want expert? Read some blogs devoted to this stuff. But I have used nasal snuff many times, including today.

My first words of advice: Buy some red, blue or green Western-motif handkerchiefs. Do not, under any circumstance, consider blowing your snuff-sneezy nose into a white hankderchief. Use your imagination for what that brown blob looks like.

Tobacco fans probably know that sniffing ground tobacco was the first known use of our favorite weed. Columbus found such use in Haiti during his second trip to the Americas. It gained favor in Europe, particularly among the upper crust of society. By the 1800s, that group discovered cigars. A century later and they had cigarettes and greatly improved pipes. Sniffing, or snorting, went into a tailspin.

But it never disappeared. And today every imaginable variety of flavor is available in commercial snuffs ordered from the Internet or even purchased in your local tobacco store. I've tried quite a few.

The newbie's first hurdle is how to use it. Pinching makes a mess. Putting it on the back of the hand is not very elegant. A snuff "bullet" can get you arrested for possessing drug paraphenalia. And snorting it through a straw or rolled-up dollar bill smacks of coke use. No, the best way to use it is from a small spoon. A perfect little spoon is the scraper that comes with the standard pipe tool - tamper, pick and scraper in one. Just scoop a small amount into the scraper, place it under one nostril, block the other nostril, and sniff lightly. Don't snort or the snuff will slam into the back of your throat, with much irritation. Sniff. As if you're smelling it, not vaccuming it.

If snuff has a problem, it's the same as most nicotine-replacement therapies: There's no instant hit. It's quicker than most, but not instant the way a cigarette smoker expects. But wait 10 minutes and you might not be able to stand up. Many snuffs contain large nicotine hits, greater than a mild cigarette, and the effect is usually delayed. This may cause the sniffer to take a second hit, resulting in regret 10 minutes later.

I found snuff prices to be very reasonable. And it can be used in other ways. For instance, wet a toothpick, stick it into the snuff and then rest it inside the mouth against the gums. Your grandma might have soaked a stick in snuff, which she then sucked on all day. Snuff can also be cooked into brownies, as cannibis is. And it can be sprinkled into a pipe to increase the nicotine content.

Big advantage: It can be used in non-smoking environments.

But, for me, there's no smoke and not a lot of reward from sniffing it. The e-pipe at least offers me visual satisfaction, even if the vapor is essentially tasteless. (I'd smoke my real pipes for taste alone!).

Check out some snuff forums for opinions from hard-core snuff devotees. They love it and many are ex-smokers.

Hello. New member here. I've been a snuff user for about 8 years and I obviously enjoy it very much. Great post Bob. Very informative. If you want a good nicotine rush, may I suggest 'Rooster', a VERY potent American Scotch Dry Snuff.

Tom
NicotineRush.com
Nasal Snuff and accessories.

[TropicalBob]

Thanks for the kind words, and welcome to our little corner of the nicotine world.

I haven't tried Rooster but am certainly aware of it and its reputation for potency. That makes it a must-try.

Be sure to post your impressions here after you've e-smoked for awhile. Like sniffing snuff, e-smoking has a small learning curve.