Hello, Anders from Sweden here. The land of snus.

[BasseBlues]

Hello, my name is Anders and I'm a man living is Sweden, the land of Snus.

It's great to see that snus is becoming a complement to smoking. If you are a nicotine addict, this is by far the best way to get it in your system.

I'm a newbie to this forum, but I'm not a newbie to snus.

I took my first snus at the age of nine and was a regular snuser by the age of 12. Aside from several short breaks I've been snusing daily for over 40 years. I don't have any health issues, and I don't know anybody who had any health issues from snus. A couple of years back there was a warning label on snus here in Sweden that said that snus causes cancer. But they had to take that away as there where no conclusive evidence for that. Now it only say that snus is addictive, and I can't argue with that.

Now the government in Sweden is trying to taxing the users to quit. The snus is almost as expensive as cigarettes. Because of that there is a growing trend here in Sweden to make your own snus. You don't have to pay any tobacco tax of you buy raw unprepared tobacco prour. From one kg tobacco powder you get 2.5 kg snus (2500 gram, about 55 boxes) and that cost me around 400 SEK. A 40 gram loose snus cost me 38 SEK (January 2015), so I save a lot of money by doing my own snus. It is a lot easier than you think, and there is numerous of flavors that you can choose from. I have been surfing the American sites, but I haven't found anyone that sell powdered tobacco for making snus. But it's not to hard to mill your own from tobacco leaves.

[Andy105]

Welcome Anders! Snus has replaced cigarettes for many of us, and it's obviously much healthier. Thanks to Sweden for the product and the research. It's just a shame that our governments won't leave us alone. If everyone in the U.S. replaced tobacco use with eating spinach, our government would tax the crap out of spinach.

[BlackBart]

Welcome Anders

[codyg140]

If everyone in the U.S. replaced tobacco use with eating spinach, our government would tax the crap out of spinach.

And slap a warning label " This product can cause Popeye like disfigurement"

hey anders welcome to the site

[bill77.017]

Hi Anders. Välkommen to Snuson!

[Snusdog]

Anders welcome to snuson

do you have any links to sites that sell the powder?

Thanks

[squeezyjohn]

Hi Anders, and welcome from me too,

This is a worldwide forum, not just the USA ... and we would like to thank your country from the bottom of our hearts for a very pleasurable and safe form of tobacco!

I too make my own snus ... even growing my own tobacco here in the UK. People in the US can buy whole leaf tobacco of great quality very cheaply if they hunt around, but I've only ever seen snus flour sold in Sweden. As you say - milling your own is not rocket science. And the snus you make yourself can be better than anything you can buy after a little practice.

Cheers

Squeezy

[Jean78]

Welcome, Anders.

This is truly a worldwide forum. I'm from Denmark and I know there are a lot of europeans here. All trying to bypass the EU ban on snus.

Its nice to have a new member from the land of honey and milk aka Sweden.

/Jean

[Ansel]

Great first post Anders. :-)

[BasseBlues]

Thank you Andy105

I'm glad that they, the government, got an exception when EU banned the use of snus in EU back in 1992. If I'm not misinformed it is banned in Finland as they are members of the EU. Bet they also have a long snus tradition.

Now the online stores here are not allowed to sell the accessories you need to make you own snus at home. That's not a problem if you know what you need, but it may stop someone who don't. It's best to learn how to grow your own tobacco ;-)

[BasseBlues]

Hello Snosdog

All the sites I use is in Swedish, but you can go through Google translate to get a rough, not perfect, translation.
Select Swedish in the "from" box, paste the link and then click the link you get in the "to" box.

Here you find my favourite tobacco, Cut'n Roll: tilbudet (dot) se


Some other:
snus2 (dot) se (slash) snussatser (html)
snusmajoren (dot) se

Hmmm, I read on snusmajoren.se just now that they temporarily has stopped snus kits due to new tax rules. The government want to tax the tobacco powder as much as snus. I bet you see a lot of tobacco growers here here in Sweden soon ;-)

If you search for "snussatser" you get a lot of other sites, most of them in Swedish. But go through Google Translate to get a rough translation.

[BasseBlues]

Hello squeezyjohn

I have searched but, but I can't seem to find the tobacco flour outside Sweden. I read today that the government want to tax it as much as snus so I may need a few tobacco growing tips when the sun returns here in the north ;-)

[BasseBlues]

Hello Jean78

Yes, I believe it is a world wide forum. It's a strange creature that EU parliament. They allow cigarrets and smoking, which is well documented as bad for your health, but ban snus.

[squeezyjohn]

Hi Anders,

I don't think you will find it ready-ground outside Sweden and Norway ... there is not much use for tobacco flour apart from making snus! Toque snuff used to sell rustica tobacco flour (there is no tobacco tax on nasal snuff in the UK) - but beyond that I think you will not find it. However you can by whole leaf tobacco from the USA fairly easily.

Cheers

Squeezy

[GN Tobacco Sweden AB]

Hello Jean78

Yes, I believe it is a world wide forum. It's a strange creature that EU parliament. They allow cigarrets and smoking, which is well documented as bad for your health, but ban snus.

I would say they are dangerous creatures