Wanna Try Lös / Loose Snus

[squeezyjohn]

You'd have to check Canada's specific laws on whole leaf tobacco, but in most countries, whole leaf is not subject to tobacco taxes whatsoever as it is considered unprocessed. However there may be laws that come in to play where you are taxed on at the point of processing it in to smokeless tobacco ... if you fancied telling the authorities

I have ordered 30lbs of whole leaf to the UK from that website and it was totally honestly labeled on the customs declaration. Arrived with no problems at all.

Snus is not that hard to make at all (I'd go with virginia bright leaf rather than Burley as I find it can make a rather overpowering snus using Burley alone)

[squeezyjohn]

Last time I was in Vancouver, a can of cope cost $14 ... and that was several years ago ... Canadian smokeless taxes are incredible! Almost as expensive as Norway!

[joserra]

This shit is disgusting! Honestly...charging me over 12$ in taxes per Can! Again TODAY...72$ for 5 cans, and probably my precious ONYX!!!! A*******!!!! I'M REALLY ******* PISSED!
I'm poor and I can't afford to A. Get my shit taken away because of greedy F****! B. Can't get back on Cigs because they gross me the **** out, but I know I'll have to...

What a pathetic day for Canada! I can't order a product I can't buy locally online or I'll be struck down by the Tax Man! What a great Country...can't wait to get out of this shitty country...I don't mean Me...I mean We :mad-new::mad-new::mad-new::mad-new:

If you're not far from the US or know someone who's going there, can't you ask them to bring you snus? That's the way I got my snus stash, sending my order to the US an then someone brought it to me. Can you do that?

[dquinn104]

P.O. box over the boarder ☺

[SunnyHours]

Well it's just that I refuse to pay like 16$ per Can...I'm still waiting for another package...if it makes it through unharmed I'm still a winner...but still pisses me off...every package I have to send back is >15$ down the drain...
And no, I'm pretty far from the states and I don't drive...

Haha I kinda overreacted but still...I want my Onyx!!! hehe
50lbs would definitely bankrupt me LOL

[lxskllr]

Haha I kinda overreacted but still...I want my Onyx!!! hehe
50lbs would definitely bankrupt me LOL

I don't think you overreacted at all. Taxes like that are immoral, and a detriment to a free society.

[dquinn104]

Well it's just that I refuse to pay like 16$ per Can...I'm still waiting for another package...if it makes it through unharmed I'm still a winner...but still pisses me off...every package I have to send back is >15$ down the drain...
And no, I'm pretty far from the states and I don't drive...

Haha I kinda overreacted but still...I want my Onyx!!! hehe
50lbs would definitely bankrupt me LOL

In all seriousness that really sucks man. I'd be furious if that happened to me.

[squeezyjohn]

It does suck that snus is taxed so much in Canada even though it is a massive harm reduction tool if people switch to it from smoking ... although I support a decent level of taxation in general ... this is neither fair nor practical for Canada.

However ... living as I do in a country where selling snus is illegal ... and the major producer, Swedish Match, has warned every online seller not to supply us in the UK with their products ... I have lived the future ... and I still snus! I find ways to get the Swedish Match snus I want, I grow my own tobacco - and make my own snus ... it's not convenient ... but it's kinda exciting!

[SunnyHours]

Well It's really sad but I just refused my last snus package...40$ down the drain out of 65$...I'll contact SnusCentral and cut my losses and that's no counting the other 40$ down the drain the past order...
72$ again today.
My last Snus package today and my first pack of cigarettes in almost a year tomorrow...gotta love Canada...I feel like killing someone right now

Shit buddy! I live in Quebec...we pay 15% taxes on everything we buy...we don't know what reasonable taxation means hehe:grey:

[trebli]

That is rough. I hate to see anyone start smoking again.

[dquinn104]

Well It's really sad but I just refused my last snus package...40$ down the drain out of 65$...I'll contact SnusCentral and cut my losses and that's no counting the other 40$ down the drain the past order...
72$ again today.
My last Snus package today and my first pack of cigarettes in almost a year tomorrow...gotta love Canada...I feel like killing someone right now

Shit buddy! I live in Quebec...we pay 15% taxes on everything we buy...we don't know what reasonable taxation means hehe:grey:

Have you tried vaping at all? Not sure what the laws with regards to e cigs are in Canada, but it would defiantly be cheaper than smoking. I prefer smokeless over it personally, but if I was in your boat i would be more inclined to go that route.

[SunnyHours]

I do too...uses to vape but didn't really work. And it's illegal in Canada. So when you order juice with nicotine, it might be seized and destroyed...not much better than the high taxes on snus...

[dquinn104]

Canada takes all the fun out of living...seriously thats bullsh*t.

[crullers]

Whole leaf is supposed to be barely taxed as it is unprocessed but I read on another forum that the donkeys at customs have recently nailed some guy an outrageous amount for less than a pound of whole leaf. Can't recall the amount of tax but it was way off base. I've resorted to pipe tobacco and nasal snuff. I get dip when friends or relatives go to the states, snus is now a luxury. What a sad state of affairs.

Oh ya, and I'm growing a nice baccy patch,

[alopezg1]

Canada sounds crap!