Dipper's Guide to Snus

[Snusdog]

Inflames wrote:

Do ya'll ever get canker sores from time to time in your mouth from snus use

With dip all the freeking time. I would pop them between my teeth. With snus almost 2 years now and not one. I repeat, not a single one.

Well I take that back. A week or so back I ate a bunch of my kids candy and I got a gum zit (It was tropical fruit Nerds-don't ask and no I don't know what I was thinking- box gone. next day kid and then wife pissed. Off to Sams. Big freaking carton of Nerds. Kid happy. Wife really pissed) But from just snus not at all.

[InFlames]

Do ya'll ever get canker sores from time to time in your mouth from snus use? I have'nt been using snus long enough to really know how it will effect me in that reguard. In the past with cope i'd get them about every couple of months. After switching to longhorn i did'nt seem to hardly ever get them, hoping it stays that way the snus as well.

john

[Lucky Striker]

I still get an odd taste for Skoal Citrus and Apple every now and again. I rarely dip anymore but maybe every six months or so I get a taste for some flavored Skoal. It usually goes bad before I finish it, though.

The last dip I got was Copenhagen Whiskey (I think it's called Black now) which was a direct result of having ordered a can of Probe and getting pissed off because it didn't taste like Whiskey at all.

[Badfish74]

Great analogy snusdog! I remember atleast once a week or so i would run my finger across the inside of my lip and come out with a layer of dead skin! I'm about 50-50 with los and portions, but always use the los on the left side...no dead skin!

[Snusdog]

Kvlt wrote:

Might be just me, but my left side of my mouth gets a texture based on the salt

K, sometimes when I fall asleep with a snus in I'll get a bit of salt texturing. But this is NOTHING like the dip lip one gets from American dip. The salt texturing is from abrasion/pressure. Dip lip is a literal chemical burn. Think of it this way: we have all fallen asleep on a quilt, sofa, or the likes and woken up with imprints on our face. Now imagine you spilled acid on your skin. The effects are completely different. In my experience the analogy is exactly the same. With snus it is an imprint. With dip it is a chemical burn.

That said, my experience is with loose. I don't do portions enough to say one way or the other. However, just from reading the forum, it seems that some portion material is more abrasive and irritating than others. But again this would still be a friction/pressure matter and not a chemical one as it is with American dip.

Hope this helps.

[Kvlt]

Might be just me, but my left side of my mouth gets a texture based on the salt. I also noticed at after I take a snus out, there is a tobacco stain on my gum where the snus was. Not really an issue, but eh.

Lately I've realized that I get pissy. Must just be the lack of nicotine.

[InFlames]

Snusdog, did it take awhile for you to get into the habit of having several different snuses in rotation or did you just jump right in?

While i've been trying out different flavors of snus, i find that i'am still in the mindset of finding "the one" that i'am going to stick with. Wondering if i'am just stuck in the dipper's "one brand"mindset and if that's something that will fade away in time.

john

[Badfish74]

It sucks that since quitting Cope they've come out with some really tastey sounding sounding blends! If the whiskey blend tastes anything like the black did it'll be awesome! And also i believe they've got one called hickory or something like that...sounds great too. Oh well i enjoy the healthy gums and snus better anyway!

[InFlames]

lol and i've never noticed the skoal peach.Course i have'nt paid any attention to what the "Big name" american snuffs have to offer in several years as i had switched to the "value priced" offerings.

Only been snusing for about two months and have no desire to return to dip. The noticable improvement in mouth health i've experienced thus far is reason enough to stay with snus in itself. Better quality,more vareity and stronger nic delivery are some nice bonuses that make the switch all the more appealing.

john

[Snusdog]

Inflames wrote

That and peach timber wolf were the only fruit flavored dips i could ever use.

Man I dipped Timber Wolf for over a year and I never even knew there was a peach variety. I’ve seen the Skoal peach but never the TW. Go figure. Any way I’m glad to have all of it behind me.

[InFlames]

Did any of you x-dippers ever use the fruit flavors? God are they awful. Skoal Vanilla had to be the worst flavor ever made. Makes me sick just to smell it.

That brings back a bad memory with the skoal vanilla. Remember trying that stuff when it came out, was one of those promotional deals where ya got 2 cans for a really cheap price. Had to be one of the worst dips i ever tried, the taste and smell of it would make me feel sick.

When i dipped i did like the skoal berry blend on occassion but was rare. Kinda like i'd have a can of it about once every 5-6 months then go right back to cope.That and peach timber wolf were the only fruit flavored dips i could ever use.

john

[rscott222]

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[Lucky Striker]

BUMP

Excellent info.

[jcarlson]

Oh freakin great post. I wish this was around when I started snus last August.

I am an x-Skoal user, and I agree with everything. The price thing though never bothered me. I went through about 1 can every 4 days.

Some of your points are dead on. Most dippers I know stick to one brand, and one type in that brand. For me it was Skoal Spearmint, with maybe a mint thrown in every 2 months. The rest tasted like crap. With snus, I have about 3 favorites, and continually try new ones. I NEVER did that with dip.

I really don't get why people think Americans want their tobacco as sweet as candy. Did any of you x-dippers ever use the fruit flavors? God are they awful. Skoal Vanilla had to be the worst flavor ever made. Makes me sick just to smell it.

I made the switch because I had dipped for about 4 years, and the risk always scared me. Plus I hated the dip lip thing. I tried snus because I saw the new Camel crap at the gas station and decided to google it. Once I tried the Swedish stuff, I never went back.

I immediately fell in love with the subtle flavors, and I the no spitting was appreciated as well. And since I was a dipper, I was drawn to los immediately.

The one thing I will say, as much as I love snus, I do occasionally miss the feel of Skoal in my lower lip. I'll never do it again, but doesn't mean I don't have fond memories.

[HK11]

I dunno. I decided to go with a real photo. I like Mr Potter too