New to Snus, trying to quit smoking "HELP"

[tattooer601]

Hello all,
I am new to using Swedish snus....
However I am not new to Smoking 2 1/2 pks of Marlboro Reds a day.....
Anyhow, I appreciate any and all help you guys and gals have to offer.
I just got my first order 2 days ago....
I have tried the General op,Ode's original,and offroad frosted.
of the 3 I enjoyed the Offroad frosted the best.......

all portions
Offroad frosted
Offroad Cranberry
General original portion
Odens Kanel
Thunder ES berry
Lab o2
gotland green

[Randall]

welcome to the forum!

[PipenSnus]

Welcome to SnusOn! That's a nice variety of flavors for your first order. But don't be shy about trying others.

If you like Offroad Frosted, try Thunder Frosted, which comes in several sizes and strengths. You also might want to give General Mint, General Wintergreen, and Jakobsson's Wintergreen a try, if you're into minty flavors.

[myuserid]

Welcome to SnusOn.

[sgreger1]

Hello all,
I am new to using Swedish snus....
However I am not new to Smoking 2 1/2 pks of Marlboro Reds a day.....
Anyhow, I appreciate any and all help you guys and gals have to offer.
I just got my first order 2 days ago....
I have tried the General op,Ode's original,and offroad frosted.
of the 3 I enjoyed the Offroad frosted the best.......

all portions
Offroad frosted
Offroad Cranberry
General original portion
Odens Kanel
Thunder ES berry
Lab o2
gotland green

Welcome to Snuson tatooer601! If you liked offroad frosted, I would highly recommend ordering some thunder frosted. It likely has the biggest nicotene hit around, and has a frosted taste that imo tastes amazing (similar to offroad frosted but better). It's definately my go-to snus.

Offroad cranberry is the only offroad flavor I like because it seems to have more nicotene than the rest, other than that, the Thunder ES berry is great (though not as good as frosted) and gotland green and Odens ANYTHING are also outstanding snuses. You should enjoy the order you placed, all great choices.

[EricHill78]

Welcome to the board! I'm about two weeks in and it's been great. I've only tried the general brand but I have an order on the way. The hardest part for me is missing my first thing in the morning cig but I've stays true 2 weeks tommorow cig free. I ordered some of that Thunder frosted extra strong what have ya just for the morning. Sposed to pack 16g of nicatine vs 8 in a reg portion.

[Mrobin52]

I was a reds smoker too, close to 2 packs most of the time, especially when drinking. When I started snusing extra starks didn't even exist, but I relied heavily on Skruf stark to curb my cravings. If you like Offroad frosted then, like the others, I would highly recommend Thunder frosted. It has a similar flavor and will definitely kill your cigarette cravings.

[ThatSnusGuy]

I was a reds smoker too, close to 2 packs most of the time, especially when drinking. When I started snusing extra starks didn't even exist, but I relied heavily on Skruf stark to curb my cravings. If you like Offroad frosted then, like the others, I would highly recommend Thunder frosted. It has a similar flavor and will definitely kill your cigarette cravings.

Welcome to the forum tattooer!

I agree with Mrobin. Like him, ES snus was only a dream when I started and Skruf Stark was my go to snus. I smoked 2 1/2 packs a day and the 9 mg of Nicotine was just enough to curb the cig cravings. When the first ES came out, I really couldn't feel the difference but after 2 years smoke free, I have a hard time using them. Anyhow, if you like the frosted flavors and want another 9 mg snus, Jakobsson's Ice Fruit is a great one IMO. Thunder Frosted is great but after 2, I back down to the Ice Fruit. I think you'll be pretty happy with your choices there. 02 is one of my favorites. ;-)

TSG

[LaZeR]

Welcome & some good suggestions thus far.

Be careful though with the Wintergreen unless you like wintergreen. IMHO it is MUCH different than the 'mint' & 'frosted...' snus's. Kinda like licking your own butt instead of wiping... = General Wintergreen.

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Welcome to SnusOn!

[MojoQuestor]

Welcome, and yeah, starks and extra starks will help you, especially at first. I smoked around 2 packs of reds myself, back in the day. Did that for over 20 years. For myself, it took a lot of General ES and Oden's ES and Skruf Stark, N&J Strong, Claq Qui, Grov Black, Onyx... A few months later, I still do most of those once in a while, but for the most part regular-strength portions are fine--although I have been on a bit of a nic kick the last few days.

[SirScallops]

Well I'm no expert, as I've been swedish snussin for a little more than a month. This Sunday I will be 2 weeks without a cig. I have read in older, similar posts, that some guys said not to think about it. For now its ok to do both, and start cutting back on your cigs. I was smoking 1 pack of marlboro menthols a day, and started out replacing a few smoke breaks a day, with a portion. That worked well, and before I knew it, I was reaching for a snus instead of a smoke. It took about 3 weeks total, and the last week of that, I was only puffing first thing in the morning and while driving. 2 saturday evenings ago, I ran out of cigs. I decided to not go buy a pack that night, and havnt really had any serious cravings to go buy a pack since. My snussing has gone up, but my lungs are feeling better. A can of portions lasts me 2-3 days and a can of loose lasts me 5-7 days. So my best recommendation is to not worry about the quitting. Smoke if you feel the need to. Try and replace it with snus if you want. It will just happen if you enjoy snus.
Also, give the loose snus a try. My first order was like 5 cans of portions and 1 can of general loose. I've never been a dipper, but I enjoyed the loose. I now prefer the loose over the portions by far. The best thing is you get twice as much, and can control the amount of nic by the size. I'm currently devouring my first can of Grov Loose. Since its a "normal" strenth snus, I'll sometimes do a bigger prilla to get my nic fix. If I'm doing Thunder Frosted Loose or General ES Loose, I do a half to a 3/4 sized one and get plenty of nic.
I'm still a snus newbie, but I hope that will help you a little bit.
Good Luck on quitting the cancer sticks.

[tattooer601]

Thanks for all the great advice and warm welcome...
My "out of stock" thunder frosted es portions came in yesterday evening.....the pack enough of a wallop to not honestly crave a cig.
Im gonna snus and smoke until the smoking looses its luster.
I realized yesteray, that with a ES portion in , I smoed a cigarette, and half way threw I put it out.....it wasn't gonna touch the snus effect wise so why smoke it?...........time for work...take care all

[Mrobin52]

Thats good news tattooer. I'm glad the frosted is killing your cravings. Once you get more used to the snus, you will find yourself reaching for it instead.

[MJ26]

Welcome, I quited smoking with snus too and firstly I started by the Ettan&General looses.
Now I think im more white than regular portion user. Good luck with stopping the cigs.