How much snus do you use?

[LaZeR]

...Tomorrow, just pop a sterk in as soon as you get out of bed. You still want a cigarette after, fine, have one. But at least *try* to start your day with snus.

Good advice

[BadAxe]

sagedil, I know its all in my head, lol, but I just keep failing in the morning. I am really trying to convince myself to do just that in the morning. And the day is coming soon, maybe even tomorrow. Thanx for the advice. I am proud of where I am at from only snusing for about 2 weeks. But man I can not wait till I am a non smoker. Never thought I would see the day.

[LaZeR]

sagedil, I know its all in my head, lol, but I just keep failing in the morning. I am really trying to convince myself to do just that in the morning. And the day is coming soon, maybe even tomorrow. Thanx for the advice. I am proud of where I am at from only snusing for about 2 weeks. But man I can not wait till I am a non smoker. Never thought I would see the day.

You should be. Hang in there, don't put pressure on yourself. You have found snus. It will happen.

[sagedil]

It took me 4 months to finally, fully make the transition. And even then, I still will have one every few months. what I love most about snus, now I can smoke when I want to, never again do I have to because I need to.

Just stick a snus in first thing. You want a cigarette 5 minutes later, fine, have one. Have 3 if you want. But just make a point of breaking that routine and starting with a snus.


I promise, soon enough, you will find that need for a cigarette first thing will easily disappear. will take you far longer to get rid of the rest of them.

[daruckis]

about 8 portions a day. maybe 10 or more if Im drinking or playing disc golf.

hell yeah disc golf. my favorite outdoor pastime now that im transitioning into being a crotchety old man. they took down my local course though so i have to take a drive anywhere to play once it gets warm, and i probably just wont play anymore. sucky.


ive been using 5 snus a day pretty much since i started using more than 1 a day back in like august. sometimes 4, sometimes 6, almost always 5. i dont really know how you could use more, considering i have snus in my lip almost all the time.

[BadAxe]

ive been using 5 snus a day pretty much since i started using more than 1 a day back in like august. sometimes 4, sometimes 6, almost always 5. i dont really know how you could use more, considering i have snus in my lip almost all the time.

5 or 6 a day yet you have one in all the time? How long you keeping them in there? I find that sometime past the 60 minute mark for me they start to get bitter, and after about 90 min tops I take mine out. Sometimes i pop another right back in, sometimes I wait a bit. But I probably on average only keep mine in for about 60 to 70 minutes. So always having one in, but for less time, will equal more than 5 or 6. For me, its been about 10 a day.

[BardicDruid]

Average

1 Stark first thing to get things going, then on a regular day probably half a can of Thunder Mini's. On a stressful day I can kill a can before bedtime.

[fdknuckles]

It took me 4 months to finally, fully make the transition. And even then, I still will have one every few months. what I love most about snus, now I can smoke when I want to, never again do I have to because I need to.

Just stick a snus in first thing. You want a cigarette 5 minutes later, fine, have one. Have 3 if you want. But just make a point of breaking that routine and starting with a snus.


I promise, soon enough, you will find that need for a cigarette first thing will easily disappear. will take you far longer to get rid of the rest of them.

Sage,
I read where you gave similar advice to another smoker and being one myself have to say ...you are absolutely right. I started putting a snus in when I felt the urge to smoke coming on and now smoke 1 a day if I want to, but other than that it's snus I crave now. Thank God I can breathe again.

[fdknuckles]

5 starks and 5 regulars a day

[snusjus]

About 12 per day on average. It really depends on how long I'm awake during the day. Sometimes I will be awake for 24 hours straight and go through 20 portions.

[Santafechestnutred]

how many snus in a day

I was under the impression that a cigarette(full strength) equaled a normal portion...Does anybody know if this is true? I use about 12 to 15 portions a day...I'd hate to think I was goin thru 45 cigarettes a day in nicotine...

"Now, since I think 1 portion = 3 cigarettes, that works out between 24-30 cigarettes per day"

[sagedil]

Santafechestnutred, it's different. The nicotine from cigarettes leave your body so fast, snus doesn't. Plus, only a percentage of the available nicotine in snus is actually absorbed. Some good discussions about such....

http://www.swedishmatch.com/en/Snus-...cotine-uptake/

[sagedil]

Sage,
I read where you gave similar advice to another smoker and being one myself have to say ...you are absolutely right. I started putting a snus in when I felt the urge to smoke coming on and now smoke 1 a day if I want to, but other than that it's snus I crave now. Thank God I can breathe again.

Thank you fdknuckles

Just been here a real long time, and not only my own experiences, but talked with hundreds of folks over the years who went through the exact same thing. So just relating what 80%+ of the snus community found for themselves.

So many newbies so overstress the "quitting" part. Understand as attempts to quit before snus were always that way. But snus so different, it just wins out eventually if you let it.

[Santafechestnutred]

how much snus do you use

According to that study 16 portions equals 18 cigarettes...That would make them roughly equal......They are not absorbed at the same rate....Cigarettes come on strong and then the nicotine dissipates ..I used to crave a smoke ...Now I crave Snus!.....Thanks for the tip Sage!..Red

[sagedil]

It is a link I have posted many, many times for folks. That kind of question comes up frequently, and like folks to know a bit of the science behind what they are using. So my pleasure.