I have two issues with American snus. #1 is the American desire for EVERYTHING to taste SWEET! Now I know Camel snus uses fake sweetener. I have no issues with fake sweetener. The sodas I drink contain splenda. However, everything does not have to be SWEET in order to taste good. As an example, prior to LD Black, it NEVER would have occurred to me to taste licorice without sugar. LD Black taught me licorice can be INCREDIBLE without sugar. It is as if, in some ways, the sugar or sweet flavor MASKS what licorice really is. However, I don't expect ANY US company to EVER grasp that concept. Julesnus is another perfect example of a flavor we might think should be typically sweet, but is indescribable due to the LACK of sweet. The US palate is so overworked with sweet, I believe in many cases we have forgotten how good not-sweet flavors can be.
My second issue with American snus IS the processing and the fact we've no idea WHAT processing has occurred and no idea of WHAT the ingredients are. The only processed items going into my body presently are sodas and low sodium turkey bacon. I don't want some US frankensnus made with god knows what from Big Tobacco, who have NEVER looked out for their customers anyway. Besides, as far as Camel goes, they can't even make a Turkish cigarette taste right. What in the hell would make me think they could possibly get snus right? They don't even call it snus. They call it SNUS, because it's not snus. I don't expect for Marlboro, Discreet, Triumph or any of the others to be any better for these reasons.
