Wife + Snus?

[olderthandirt]

Plenty of your Hot Mustard snuff will take it's place!

[Dredbull]

Plenty of your Hot Mustard snuff will take it's place!

NO NO NO! that was a one time mix LONG time in using. Just have a few rolls in the freezer, might have to use them all up before I get the cleaning done.

[The Wiz]

Plenty of your Hot Mustard snuff will take it's place!

Waiting to jump on the first "Pizza" flavored snuff myself!!

The Wiz!(X-Tra Cheese)

[quasimod]

Hey, thanks for all the info guys. Turns out my trip was canceled, so I'll have plenty of time to check out those links this weekend.

[quasimod]

[...]STUBBY![...]

Is that an acronym? I don't know what it means, sorry. Google wasn't any help.

[Coder]

Hi, everyone!

My wife is having a lot of trouble quitting (we started vaping in Sept. '09). I read about using Snus, and that they are something women can get away with socially, because you don't spit while using them. I also read the ones that work best come from Sweden (?).

She has had some problems with gingivitis, and had some kind of below-the-gum cleaning and even a small gum-skin-graft type of procedure. Will Snus be a bad idea?

Would somebody mind directing me to a reputable retailer, or pointing me to a post that is an overview of smokeless tobacco products that work well for vapers? Being from the South, she's been around plenty of men who dip or chew. It's not going to be easy to get her to try it, so I had better have my facts straight when I broach the subject with her...

"Hey, honey, why don't ya just get some CHAW?" = FAIL.

A nice overview-type sticky at to top of this forum would be very helpful, as well (hint, hint...)

Thanks!

-quasi

You may want to look at Stonewall's spitless, tobacco tablets, i remember Trolical Bob raved about them.
Coder

[AlexTM]

You might find this page very helpful, as well:
Oral lesions - Swedish Match

[angelique510]

You may want to look at Stonewall's spitless, tobacco tablets, i remember Trolical Bob raved about them.
Coder

I second the Stonewalls.

I too was put off by the idea of a "lady with chaw" Yes, I know snus isn't like that, but I couldn't get the picture out of my head. I also couln't bring myself to use snuff. One of the reasons I wanted to quit smoking, is because I always had a little tar stain on my nose - maybe because I French inhale all the time. How much grosser would "snuff snot" be?

I know, I know... it's just me. Maybe it's a girl thing, so it could apply to his wife.

Stonewalls. to me, are like sucking on a coffee flavored tic tac. There is nothing icky or nasty, or unladylike about it.

~A

[AlexTM]

I never manage to snuff without a mess, either, but on the other hand, it most certainly was, for a very long time, the lady-like way to take your tobacco. So you cold just claim that you are old-fashioned

As for the snus, particularly those mini-bags are so small that most candies are bigger. They have the mass of maybe three Tic-Tacs, but it's a soft bag, not hard candy. As snus seems to be fairly easily available in the US (it's a bit tricky in Germany, but by no means impossible), and it does not seem to be expensive, either, why not just get a box of minis? That is, after checking out the snus and gum problem, which does seem to be rather one of people who have one of those in their mouth pretty much all day, and probably most of the time not the minis, either.
After all, no tobacco product (and PVs not, either) has such a long and proven safety record.

[olderthandirt]

Is that an acronym? I don't know what it means, sorry. Google wasn't any help.

Quasi, as I didn't have any information regarding the oral safety of snus handy that was a shout out for this member...

I have had some gum issues, but I had those before I started using snus. Actually have a scalar planar coming up on one tooth but its well away from where I place my snus so it's not related. I not going to say their can't be any gum problems with snus, their can be, but overall gum issues are less then with smoking. Also much less then with american style oral tobacco. The main reason for that is Swedish snus doesn't use sugar while american stuff is loaded with it.

One thing I do is make sure the portion is not touching the gum line. I fold my portions in half length wise (the shorter end is even shorter). This keeps it well away from the gum line. It also makes it a bit more discreet.