Since I've never actuall introduced myself here yet. I've been an active member of snuson for a while now. I have been a tobacco user since an early age, I started out dipping skoal in 1977 at the age of 7 and used skoal, than skoal bandits, skoal longcut, and used mainly various skoal products until about 1999. I think along the way I've tried every brand of dip made in the USA. I started using chewing tobacco around my 12 and primarly used levi garret & red man for many years up until 1999 I met my wife in Oct of 1999 and we moved in together in Jan 2000 and have been happily married since 2002.
I started smoking cigarettes & cigars in my early teens and still continue to smoke cigars but have been trying to quit the cigarettes. I started smoking a pipe late in my teens and continue to do so. I first tried dry nasal snuff back in my early 20s while on a vacation in the south and going into a store and asking to buy a can of snuff they sold me a can of WE Garrett Peach sweet snuff, and I tried sniffing it and about sneezed my head off but when I tried it orally it wasn't as bad. But I didn't try nasal snuff again until 2000 and have been a snuff user since.
I first tried snus when I got coupons for snus from Camel & Marlboro for their snus and I've tried and still use their snus on occasions but I find their offerings to be to sweet almost candy like. I have also tried and enjoyed stonewall and Avira disolvalbles.
I want to point out the my addiction/love affair with lady nicotine has been a long one.
My bi-weekly tobacco use from the ages of
10 to 15 approximately 10 cans of snuff, 5 cigars, 2 pouches of chew, and about 2 packs of cigarettes
16 to 20 approximately 15 cans of snuff, 10 cigars, 5 pouches of chew, 3 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 5 packs of cigarettes
21 to 25 approximately 20 cans of snuff, 10 cigars, 5 pouches of chew, 6 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 15 packs of cigarettes
26 to 30 approximately 15 cans of snuff, 20-30 cigars, 10 pouches of chew, 7.5 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 25 to 30 packs of cigarettes *a 1.15oz can of dry snuff about every 4 to 6 months*
31 to 35 approximately 20-30 cigars, 12 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 25-30 packs of cigarettes *a 1.15oz can of dry snuff about every 4 to 6 months**4 cans of snuff & pouches of chew during hunting season a year and a 1.15oz can of dry snuff about every 2 months*
36-40 approximately 20-45 cigars, 16 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 25-35 packs of cigarettes, 12 cans of snuff & 6 pouches of chew during hunting season a year. When I discovered snus in NW PA I started out using about 60 pouches of camel or marlboro each week for about the first year then it gradually increased to my current level of about 1 to 2 cans of snus a day.
In my life many times I've tried to quit smoking. The only successful period I had without smoking was 2 months of basic training in the Army back in 1994 by AIT I was back smoking and gradually smoking more than I had previously. I've tried many methods to quit smoking I've tried patches, nicotine gum, chantax(which helped my wife quit smoking march of 2010 after being a smoker for 30 years) and had no success with any of them. In Dec. 2010 I started trying to curb my cigarette cravings by using electronic cigarettes which helped greatly. But I've found for myself the combination of two or more of the following help me not want cigarettes anymore: e-cigs, snus, chew, and or snuffs has greatly reduced my cigarette cravings and my cigar and pipe smoking has also dropped significantly too as I only smoke maybe a cigar a day and a pipe only a few times a day.
Well I hope I didn't ramble on too much...
I started smoking cigarettes & cigars in my early teens and still continue to smoke cigars but have been trying to quit the cigarettes. I started smoking a pipe late in my teens and continue to do so. I first tried dry nasal snuff back in my early 20s while on a vacation in the south and going into a store and asking to buy a can of snuff they sold me a can of WE Garrett Peach sweet snuff, and I tried sniffing it and about sneezed my head off but when I tried it orally it wasn't as bad. But I didn't try nasal snuff again until 2000 and have been a snuff user since.
I first tried snus when I got coupons for snus from Camel & Marlboro for their snus and I've tried and still use their snus on occasions but I find their offerings to be to sweet almost candy like. I have also tried and enjoyed stonewall and Avira disolvalbles.
I want to point out the my addiction/love affair with lady nicotine has been a long one.
My bi-weekly tobacco use from the ages of
10 to 15 approximately 10 cans of snuff, 5 cigars, 2 pouches of chew, and about 2 packs of cigarettes
16 to 20 approximately 15 cans of snuff, 10 cigars, 5 pouches of chew, 3 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 5 packs of cigarettes
21 to 25 approximately 20 cans of snuff, 10 cigars, 5 pouches of chew, 6 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 15 packs of cigarettes
26 to 30 approximately 15 cans of snuff, 20-30 cigars, 10 pouches of chew, 7.5 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 25 to 30 packs of cigarettes *a 1.15oz can of dry snuff about every 4 to 6 months*
31 to 35 approximately 20-30 cigars, 12 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 25-30 packs of cigarettes *a 1.15oz can of dry snuff about every 4 to 6 months**4 cans of snuff & pouches of chew during hunting season a year and a 1.15oz can of dry snuff about every 2 months*
36-40 approximately 20-45 cigars, 16 oz of pipe tobacco, and about 25-35 packs of cigarettes, 12 cans of snuff & 6 pouches of chew during hunting season a year. When I discovered snus in NW PA I started out using about 60 pouches of camel or marlboro each week for about the first year then it gradually increased to my current level of about 1 to 2 cans of snus a day.
In my life many times I've tried to quit smoking. The only successful period I had without smoking was 2 months of basic training in the Army back in 1994 by AIT I was back smoking and gradually smoking more than I had previously. I've tried many methods to quit smoking I've tried patches, nicotine gum, chantax(which helped my wife quit smoking march of 2010 after being a smoker for 30 years) and had no success with any of them. In Dec. 2010 I started trying to curb my cigarette cravings by using electronic cigarettes which helped greatly. But I've found for myself the combination of two or more of the following help me not want cigarettes anymore: e-cigs, snus, chew, and or snuffs has greatly reduced my cigarette cravings and my cigar and pipe smoking has also dropped significantly too as I only smoke maybe a cigar a day and a pipe only a few times a day.
Well I hope I didn't ramble on too much...
How are you still with us outbackblackjack?
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