weird cravings........

[vogi tobacco]

This could be in a few topics here. (snus talk, dip talk, and here)

I snus every day. I have been getting the craving for wintergreen dip since I started snusing. (I dipped for a few years in school). I bought a tin of dip and decided to have a pinch on my 30 minute ride home. I am now sitting in my living room having a huge nicotine craving and want more dip.

I never get this with snus. I know that it is not the nicotine level difference. I can switch from a mini to an extra sterk and be fine. I am ok as long as I get nicotine in me. Any suggestions why I am getting such a bad nicotine craving?

putting this in caps because some people will say that I just want nicotine
I have two extra sterk portions in. It is not lack of nicotine. I just am getting a bad craving of dip.

[halocog]

Maybe you should try a wintergreen snus? And more than half of the addiction, to me, is the act of having a dip/pris in. Maybe you could try your bottom lip. Not sure the results would be what you want, but it could work.

[elenamylove]

Good Morning - Maybe trying mixing in some Wintergreen in with Los Snus (if you have some) when you get cravings?

[mattzq8sonoma]

putting this in caps because some people will say that I just want nicotine
I have two extra sterk portions in. It is not lack of nicotine. I just am getting a bad craving of dip.

I bet it is one or both of two things.

#1 the flavor. There are certain flavors that people like and crave, accompanied by the increased saltiness of dip which enhances the flavor a bit. So, like someone else said try a wintergreen snus and see if that helps.

#2 the alkaloid effect. Dip has usually more total nicotine in it (dry basis), but lower pH than snus (regular...not the sterk and extra sterk), so it's usually about the same nicotine delivery, if not less. That said, dip isn't made to the same standards as snus, so there are more nicotine alkaloids in it. These compounds are very similar to nicotine (myosmine, anatabine, anabasine are the most common) and also have addictive properties to them. So dip is going to be slightly more addictive than snus because of these other compounds. There is also a synergy effect between these compounds and nicotine, where the sum of their addictiveness individually is lower than their sum together.

Combine #1 and #2 together and there's a pretty potent cocktail of addictiveness. Not as much as a cigarette, because of the instant nicotine delivery, but IMHO, more so than snus.

[Burnsey]

putting this in caps because some people will say that I just want nicotine
I have two extra sterk portions in. It is not lack of nicotine. I just am getting a bad craving of dip.

I have had the same craving, but for cigs, even though I knew I didn't like the taste of cigs anymore....it took about a year and a half to get past that mental stumbling block for me. My prefenece is for stronger tobacco flavors and as long as the flavor of my snus is satisfying, I am quite comfortable now.....

[alopezg1]

maybe you're pregnant?

[vogi tobacco]

Thanks for all the replys. And I think the last one summed it up. I might be pregnant. Whatever. I really don't mind dipping every now and again. I am going to order some wintergreen aroma and add that so some Snus. See if that works.