Hi everyone, I am glad to be here.
I have been a cigarette smoker since I was 12, and though I had occasionally chewed and diped tobacco, I never really gotten into it.
I have tried to quit cigarettes many times, by using the patches, pipes, (a finer hobby was never found -delicious!) and anticholinergic shots at the doctor's office. I had made it a few months each time, and caved in only to find myself back with cigaretes, and the accompanying sinus, acid-reflux and respiratory issues involved.
After having a really bad respiratory infection a couple of months ago, I couldn't seem to stop producing sputum and had developed a really bad hacking cough that would bring stars to my eyes each and every morning. I also had headaches from chronic sinusitis. Being a paramedic, and knowing full well how smoking ends up for people, (COPD, emphysema, heart failure, stroke, etc.) I knew it was time to stop burning tobacco to recieve nicotine.
While at work last week, I picked up a pouch of Red Man. While I LOVE the taste, I found the bulk and bits of crud in my teeth to be most annoying, not to mention the SPITTING! Copious amounts of brown saliva are not attractive.
I then got a can of Copenhagen pouches, which really did the trick in supplying nicotine, but on occasion make me spit and that burnt taste is nt the best one can get from tobacco. I never really cared for the Latakia blends in a pipe, either; on that note.
A friend of mine told me to try snus, and showed me swedish-snus.com. Of course, I was eager to try as many types as I could, but for now I have ordered 10 cans of Skruf Stark portions to start. I have read tha they are quite full of nicotine, and I believe that while trying to stay off cigarettes, they will prove effective. The more I looked into snus, the better I liked the idea. Leave it to the Swedes to come up with a healthier way to enjjoy tobacco!!! -Such a fine race.
Anhoo, here I am, eager to discuss the many aspects of snusing with you all. My order of Skruf should be here in a few days, so I'll be using Copenhagen pouches until then. I am not sure what to expect, but I have been gathered I will be pleasantly surprised with the quality of snus over the nitrosamine-laden American forms of dip and chew.
I love the idea of discreetly snusing my way through the day. I already have mastered the art of placing a pouch of Cope "just so" to completely avoid spitting entirely. Of course, at work I do not dip while with patients, but I must confess that while I'm at school I can keep one in all day with nobody except my other friends who dip being the wiser, all te while riding a pristine nicotine high. It makes anatomy and physiology easier to bear!
Happy snusing!
Scott
I have been a cigarette smoker since I was 12, and though I had occasionally chewed and diped tobacco, I never really gotten into it.
I have tried to quit cigarettes many times, by using the patches, pipes, (a finer hobby was never found -delicious!) and anticholinergic shots at the doctor's office. I had made it a few months each time, and caved in only to find myself back with cigaretes, and the accompanying sinus, acid-reflux and respiratory issues involved.
After having a really bad respiratory infection a couple of months ago, I couldn't seem to stop producing sputum and had developed a really bad hacking cough that would bring stars to my eyes each and every morning. I also had headaches from chronic sinusitis. Being a paramedic, and knowing full well how smoking ends up for people, (COPD, emphysema, heart failure, stroke, etc.) I knew it was time to stop burning tobacco to recieve nicotine.
While at work last week, I picked up a pouch of Red Man. While I LOVE the taste, I found the bulk and bits of crud in my teeth to be most annoying, not to mention the SPITTING! Copious amounts of brown saliva are not attractive.
I then got a can of Copenhagen pouches, which really did the trick in supplying nicotine, but on occasion make me spit and that burnt taste is nt the best one can get from tobacco. I never really cared for the Latakia blends in a pipe, either; on that note.
A friend of mine told me to try snus, and showed me swedish-snus.com. Of course, I was eager to try as many types as I could, but for now I have ordered 10 cans of Skruf Stark portions to start. I have read tha they are quite full of nicotine, and I believe that while trying to stay off cigarettes, they will prove effective. The more I looked into snus, the better I liked the idea. Leave it to the Swedes to come up with a healthier way to enjjoy tobacco!!! -Such a fine race.
Anhoo, here I am, eager to discuss the many aspects of snusing with you all. My order of Skruf should be here in a few days, so I'll be using Copenhagen pouches until then. I am not sure what to expect, but I have been gathered I will be pleasantly surprised with the quality of snus over the nitrosamine-laden American forms of dip and chew.
I love the idea of discreetly snusing my way through the day. I already have mastered the art of placing a pouch of Cope "just so" to completely avoid spitting entirely. Of course, at work I do not dip while with patients, but I must confess that while I'm at school I can keep one in all day with nobody except my other friends who dip being the wiser, all te while riding a pristine nicotine high. It makes anatomy and physiology easier to bear!
Happy snusing!
Scott
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