Cutting back on Snus usage

[sagedil]

Has anyone else tried to cut back on their snus usage?? Not for nicotine reasons, more to just try and stretch their snus out, spend a little less money.

Ever since I started using, that has never, ever been a concern. I am saving so much money over cigarettes, just wasn't something I cared about. But as I ave mentioned elsewhere, I have recently gotten into smoking a pipe. So now need to include pipe tobacco in my budget as well.

Typically, use about one can every two days, or about 12 snus a day. Some days a bit more, some days maybe a bit less. But go through about 30 cans every 2 months.

But I know I use snus way more out of habit than maintaining nicotine. So I am trying to consciously slow down my use. I have two brand new cans open today and will closely watch how much I use. my goal is to go to one snus every two hours. Keep one in at least an hour, and then break my chain snusing and wait an hour between.

That would reduce my snus purchases by a third, and leave me $30 more I can spend on pipe tobacco to put away and age. Honestly,I really need just $20 saved to buy all the pipe tobacco I need. so if i can get it down to 10 snus a day, i should be fine.

So far today, I had my Elyxr, a Retro, and now an Odens Kanel ES. I have been up for 5 1/2 hours. So my once every two hours is working, and I have all the nicotine I need. I haven't noticed a thing with the nicotine levels.

Just habit that I need to break.

[badlands]

I have had cash issues before and had to be really careful. I only use about 8 portions on a normal day, 3 starks and the rest regular original portions. While trying to conserve I was using 4 original portions a day, just leaving them in much longer. Never really had a nicotine fit either and like a lot of us I am a 20+ years nicotine junkie.

[sagedil]

Yeah, hoping to keep it to about 2 sterks and 6 regulars a day. Plus my morning Elyxr, and maybe a Discreet here and there. Have about 6 weeks before my next purchase, so plenty of time to see if I can keep up with a more modest use.

[Veganpunk]

If anything my usage has gone up. I haven't smoked a cig. since Nov. 1st and am relying completely on snus and snuff. I haven't had snuff in a few days either. (except to try some from the Hell Box, and Chad's WTF) Good luck on cutting back Sage. No sarcasm in that last sentence.

[RobsanX]

Start using more strong snus, and keeping it in longer.

[Snus Hog]

Divide up your sterks to make minis with a kick, that should cut some costs without resorting to los. It's no wonder the Swedes use so much, it's so cheap over there.

Pipe tobacco goes a long way, it's just you want to try as many as possible, which often means buying alot that you may not even like, so it becomes quite a pricey business. I've found even 'bad' snus (like 1847) I still don't hate as much as pipe tobacco that I'm not keen on, basically all snus I've tried is nice to me, all pipe tobacco is not, proper minefield out there. Then there's all the pipes, I have several that just don't do it for me, despite liking the feel of them in the shop. If you ever find that perfect tobacco that you're happy with, plus the perfect pipe, then it's a really cheap way to enjoy great tobacco, but it becomes a search for the holy grail as far as I'm concerned, not the same for snus. If you like a nice straight virginia, Old Gowrie is lovely, it's certainly grail shaped.

[MojoQuestor]

I've found even 'bad' snus (like 1847) I still don't hate as much as pipe tobacco that I'm not keen on, basically all snus I've tried is nice to me, all pipe tobacco is not, proper minefield out there.

I agree. There's been very little snus I've tried that I couldn't enjoy at least well enough to finish. Not so with pipe tobacco.

[sagedil]

Snus Hog, snus s NOT cheap for Swedes. it is much, much cheaper for us, as we don't have to pay the taxes they do. Reason why Level, as god awful as it is, is quite popular there as it is much cheaper than other snus since the tax is a multiple of how much the snus costs

I am fortunate to be new to smoking pipes with such great resources available to me. smokers forums, plus tobaccoreviews.com am only buying tobacco now, and probably for a long, long time is 2 oz tins But any tobacco I have tried comes highly, highly rated still no guarantee will love it, but am assured of not getting an outright dog

RobsanX, using more sterks won't really help me, as I have already said, my snus usage already provides more than enough nicotine. It isn't the nicotine that makes me use as much as i do, it is only habit for 3 years, have just been used to always having a snus in. I am trying to break that habit, to learn to rest between snus. My usage today has been half what is normal, and I have no nicotine needs whatsoever. I have long suspected I used more snus than I "needed" to, but only now am motivated to test that theory out.

So far today, been up for about 8 hours, have used 4 snus so far with one still in my mouth. 3 regulars, 1 sterk. Should use 3 more regulars and another sterk before the day is done. Perfect, perfect perfect for what I am trying to achieve.

[Snus Hog]

I'll try to keep this in some way snus related as I know it's not a pipe forum, but the other thing with pipes is that the tobacco that smells wonderful when someone else is smoking it, usually tastes far from wonderful, whereas the tobacco that smells like burning dog turd ends up tasting delicious, (and now the snus bit) ummm, snus that smells nice also tastes nice, there.

[Snus Hog]

I'm paying double the amount my swedish mate pays for his snus, that's pretty cheap as far as I'm concerned, after Eu sales tax and uk tobacco tax (and shipping) it starts to hurt, it's possible he was neglecting to mention the huge amount of tax he has to pay in order to make me feel bad, I'll check next time I'm there. I hope it's cheap as I planned to buy a few rolls.

[sagedil]

Ah, I am in the states, so a vastly different perspective on costs. still, I suspect your friend is pulling your leg, taxes have gone up in Sweden. Currently, a can of snus costs about 40 Sweden Kronor or 3.49891 GBP based on today's conversion.

What are you paying after taxes??

[Snus Hog]

He said 2 euros a tin for granit or thereabouts, basically £2 these days, the crafty Swede must indeed be pulling my leg. I have been paying over £5 a tin, but I haven't been buying very sensibly I must admit, my last order is in fact closer to £3.20 a tin thanks to some special offers at Northerner. So it turns out I could be paying less than Swedes for snus. Right, no more ripping portions in half for me! (that's not true, I'm still doing it).

[sagedil]

You are a very strange guy Snus Hog. Welcome again to Snuson, you will fit right in here. :wink:

[Snus Hog]

Thanks I think, my maths skills are certainly strange, I need to look into this price thing a little more. Just had a quick check on Northerner, seems to be a 25% Eu sales tax, based on total cost inc shipping charge, and a 25% UK tobacco tax. We have had some postal strike issues here lately, so cheap Swiss post hasn't seemed a sensible option. I must say the taxes aren't as steep as I thought.

What are you paying from Northerner US?

[sagedil]

My most typical snus, LD white is $2.68 a can. Still pay NO taxes for it. Add a few more dollars for shipping, depending on how large the order is.
General is $3.83 a can.

3.83 USD

=

2.29033 GBP