Snus Consumption Rate

[snusjus]

12 - 16 standard strength white portions per day, depending on how long I stay awake. If I'm traveling and stay up for 24 hours or more, I can finish a can in one day.

[squeezyjohn]

I'm up amongst the highest users here. I tend to use about 18-20 portions a day, mainly starks. At night i'll use lös instead of portions sometimes (that doesn't have to be stark as I can maximise the amount of lös I use to become equivalent). Bizarrely I quite enjoy nic free portions too which can satisfy my oral fixation addiction while giving my body a break from the nicotine which can make you jumpy if you chain-snus too many.

I love the richness of flavour of starks and the nic they give me - but I feel like I'm on the edge of what's tenable as a snus user that wants to stay sane. I know I would like to chase the nic buzz further, but it's not really possible as I'm so immune to the effects now. The good thing about snus is that if you go too far in this direction you can choose just to buy regular strength and you don't feel bad cutting down to a lower nic intake that way. I've done that before.

My only concern is the nic arms race in snus at the moment. Until 2006 there was no strong snuses at all, they were all 8mg/g! Then Skruf and N&J came out with 12mg and 14mg portions. We've gone through GES at 15mg, Thunder at 16mg, Odens at 17mg, Skruf Xstark at 18mg all the way up to Odens Extreme at 22mg - don't get me wrong - when transitioning from cigarettes to snus starks are a godsend and help massively with the harm reduction due to the user going a lot over the nicotine level they can get through cigs making cigs unrewarding. But sometimes I feel a bit trapped with the high nic brands because at the moment 8mg snus doesn't give me satisfaction. I really hope nothing goes above Extreme in nic level.

[Roo]

I vote 10-12, though it could be more. For some reason, I don't typically enjoy keeping snus in for more than 30 minutes. Sometimes with lös it's 45 to 60 minutes, but not always. Sometimes with portions, just 10-15 minutes at a time, so I can go through quite a few. When I leave work sometimes I look over at my garbage can and it's littered with little brown pouches, maybe a dozen of them. So maybe I should have said 13+. The janitor must think I'm a pig.

[lxskllr]

8-10. If I'm awake(and sometimes asleep :^P) I have snus in my mouth. I leave the snus in anywhere fro 1 hour to 3 hours.

[rictorblackbus]

I put 5-7. I usually have 1 at the beginning of work, 1 on lunch break, and 1 right before leaving. Then 2 or 3 when I'm out and about with friends. I mix regular and mini portions. minis mostly at the end of the night, right before bed. I usually keep a portion in for about 2-3 hours.

...So much better than the 20+ cigarettes a day I was smoking!

[BrianC]

10-12 portions for me. Much less on my days off from work, maybe 6 or so...ahh yes, stress and increased nicotine use seem to go hand in hand.

[WickedKitchen]

I'm around 10 again. Maybe even then I'll have a pinch or two of los at night. So, a half-can/day really.

[AtreyuKun]

I actually think my snus consumption has gone up in this post-PACT world. All I really have left is 2 bags of LD, 9 cans Elixyr, Ice Fruit, a few cans of Tre, and 1 can of LS. Sad sad and scary.