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Skruf Snus Prices and Availability
That's me (left)(See Link above) with Jesper. This was the last time I saw him alive.After being at first unsuccessful in reaching skruf Business Intelligence Manager Jesper Svensson, my call was routed to skruf Snus AB CEO Andrew Cunningham who was in-transit to the office at the time. We had a short but enjoyable (for me, at least) conversation which ended with his commitment to have Jesper contact me. I'm told the Stockholm morning traffic demands close attention to the road so I'm grateful Mr. Cunningham spoke with me for as long as he did and didn't wind up crashing into anything.
Shortly thereafter, I received the first of two calls from Jesper. I asked him my questions during the first call and he asked if he could call me back after receiving approval to answer them. Fifteen minutes later, after being beaten within an inch of his life, he called me back despite his broken jaw being wired together and told me the following:
As to skruf raising their prices in June, he replied that he was unable to comment at this time. Being the canny journalist which I am, I took this as a 'yes'. As to skruf lowering the weight of their portion snus below one gram per portion, he also replied he was unable to comment at this time. This was not a video conference call so I am assuming Imperial Tobacco "security personnel" were pointing guns at either him or his family while we spoke.
What Jesper did confirm was the one thing I hoped he wouldn't. skruf Snus AB has not submitted product information and ingredients to FDA as required for a tobacco product to be registered and available for sale legally within the United States after June 22nd. I told him my understanding was that snus not compliant with The Tobacco Control Act could not even be purchased from a Swedish Internet Snus Store let alone a brick and mortar store by anyone in the US.
He paused and I believe I heard the sound of a semi-automatic handgun slide being racked to chamber a round. Jesper carefully replied that Imperial Tobacco and skruf Snus were hopeful Americans would be able to continue enjoying skruf snus after June 22nd. Now fearing for Jesper's life, I interjected quickly that just because skruf Snus AB had not supplied the information to FDA as of today, they could always do so later in the year or even next year. He quickly agreed this was possible. We chatted a little further before the phone was ripped out of his one remaining hand by Imperial Tobacco Security and the call ended.
SnusCIA Director UNZ advised me in the future, these types of questions should be asked of Jesper covertly in an alley or at a discreet table in a lower class nightclub. In the meantime, I placed a quick order with our Snus Store for more skruf everything for my freezer stock. Publishing deadlines be damned....I needed more skruf in-transit before June 22nd!
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Skruf Snus Prices and Availability
That's me (left)(See Link above) with Jesper. This was the last time I saw him alive.After being at first unsuccessful in reaching skruf Business Intelligence Manager Jesper Svensson, my call was routed to skruf Snus AB CEO Andrew Cunningham who was in-transit to the office at the time. We had a short but enjoyable (for me, at least) conversation which ended with his commitment to have Jesper contact me. I'm told the Stockholm morning traffic demands close attention to the road so I'm grateful Mr. Cunningham spoke with me for as long as he did and didn't wind up crashing into anything.
Shortly thereafter, I received the first of two calls from Jesper. I asked him my questions during the first call and he asked if he could call me back after receiving approval to answer them. Fifteen minutes later, after being beaten within an inch of his life, he called me back despite his broken jaw being wired together and told me the following:
As to skruf raising their prices in June, he replied that he was unable to comment at this time. Being the canny journalist which I am, I took this as a 'yes'. As to skruf lowering the weight of their portion snus below one gram per portion, he also replied he was unable to comment at this time. This was not a video conference call so I am assuming Imperial Tobacco "security personnel" were pointing guns at either him or his family while we spoke.
What Jesper did confirm was the one thing I hoped he wouldn't. skruf Snus AB has not submitted product information and ingredients to FDA as required for a tobacco product to be registered and available for sale legally within the United States after June 22nd. I told him my understanding was that snus not compliant with The Tobacco Control Act could not even be purchased from a Swedish Internet Snus Store let alone a brick and mortar store by anyone in the US.
He paused and I believe I heard the sound of a semi-automatic handgun slide being racked to chamber a round. Jesper carefully replied that Imperial Tobacco and skruf Snus were hopeful Americans would be able to continue enjoying skruf snus after June 22nd. Now fearing for Jesper's life, I interjected quickly that just because skruf Snus AB had not supplied the information to FDA as of today, they could always do so later in the year or even next year. He quickly agreed this was possible. We chatted a little further before the phone was ripped out of his one remaining hand by Imperial Tobacco Security and the call ended.
SnusCIA Director UNZ advised me in the future, these types of questions should be asked of Jesper covertly in an alley or at a discreet table in a lower class nightclub. In the meantime, I placed a quick order with our Snus Store for more skruf everything for my freezer stock. Publishing deadlines be damned....I needed more skruf in-transit before June 22nd!
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