New Snuser

[holnrew]

I quit in August 2009

GREAT SCOT!!



I too was having trouble quitting, but a funny thing has happened since the end of November, my nicotine tolerance (for smoking at least) has lessened, and I've had to switch to lights and still get lightheaded when I smoke one of them.

I think it's probably something to do with strong portions and snuff, perhaps they made me smoke less.

Anyway, I'm rambling, the point I want to make is that don't be downhearted if you don't feel like quitting over night. Even if you can reduce your cigarette intake that's positive, and who knows what will happen from thereon?

[clitten]

New Snuser

Hello fellow snusers!

My name is Corey and I'm from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm 23 years old and had smoked on and off for about 3 years in all: 2 years (about a pack every week) and more consistently for the last year (about a pack every 1-2 days). About 2 months ago my friend offered my a Camel SNUS portion of frost. I passed the snus off as nothing but another form of dip (in my complete ignorance) and didn't partake in it. My friend is also a smoker, and doesn't snus, but had purchased the camel tin on a whim.

Flash forward to 2 weeks ago, I had had enough of smoking and caughing and standing out in the cold, Not to mention how awful I smelled from the smoke. I decided (again) to quit. I have tried several times before with none of the attempts lasting more than a couple of days before I caved and bought more cigarettes. I decided that this pack was my last. So to ween myself off of the cigarettes I decided to buy a tin of snus.

My first tin was the Camel SNUS Frost, as Camel was the only thing I knew existed at the time. Over the next three days I found that not only had my need for cigarettes decrease, but that I hardly wanted to smoke at all. It took me 5 days to finish my "last pack". The day I had my last cigarette, I decided to do some more research on snus and that brought me to this site. It was fun to learn the history of snus and it's origins. So I decided to buy some real Swedish Snus. I opted for a free can from getsnus (I chose the General White Portion). While waiting I decided just to go ahead and purchase a sample of different types and flavors.

My first order (from northerner which I'm still waiting for):

Röda Lacket White Portion
Göteborgs Rapé White Portion
Ettan White Portion
Catch White Eucalyptus Portion
General Onyx Portion
Nick & Johnny Portion
Skruf Original Portion
Skruf Tranbär Portion
Knox Portion
General Lös

Also while searching this forum, I learned about nasal snuff (I’ll post about that in the proper thread). All in all I enjoy my free tin of General White Portion. I knew what to expect taste wise from this wonderful community (I’ve always been one to enjoy a nice cup of earl grey tea so the flavor of general was nice and refreshing to me). I’ve been smoke free for about a week now. No coughing, no smelling of smoke, and most importantly NO CIGARETTES. I just wanted to thank all of you for having such a wonderful community and support group.

Cheers,

Corey

[sagedil]

Corey, welcome to snuson and welcome to the wonderful world of snus.

Your order looks most excellent, very well rounded and representative of some of the best snus out there.

I hope you stick around and share with us what you think when you have had a chance to try more Swedish snus.

[jamesstew]

Forgot to say welcome, Old Froth. Welcome too Corey, can definitely agree with you, smoking outside in these parts is no fun.

[clitten]

Thank you both for the welcome! I'm anxiously awaiting my delivery from northerner. In response to jamesstew, yeah, -13 today with a -32 windchill. Would definitely be a real treat trying to stand outside while attempting to smoke a cigarette. I got my first shipment of snuff today, currently letting them air.

[turbozed]

I quit smoking without even trying to quit.

I had probably been smoking for 8 years and about a month ago got some free Camel SNUS from liquor store and used it. I had bought snus before (2 years ago) since it seemed like a nice accessory to my jeans I bought from Sweden (Nudie RR). Still, I never got around to trying it until weeks after I got it. Since I hadn't heard of refrigerating it, it went bad and I guess I never really gave it a shot.

Back to a month ago: After using the Camel SNUS a couple of times, I no longer had the urge to smoke. I ended up seeing how long I could go without craving a cig, and it ended up being indefinitely. So, Camel gave me a free can of SNUS and lost a smoking customer. Since I knew about the Swedish stuff already, they never gained a Camel SNUS customer. I guess big tobacco does help you out sometime.

[clitten]

I got my first order today from northerner! I'm pretty excited. Except they sent me General White Portion instead of My Ettan White Portion. This is actually fine with me, because I wanted to give a can to a friend, and it's much easier to give something away that I already have a can of, then a whole new flavor altogether.