Hi, just wanted to say hi to the forum. Lots of good info here.
I've been snusing about 2 weeks now. I've been a smoker for about 19 years, and a couple months ago the wife convinced me to try giving up cigs (she was a smoker and quit cold turkey 6 years ago when pregnant with our son). So I tried the nic gum and found it helped a little. I was able to cut down from a pack a day to anywhere from 1 to 5 a day. But the gum wouldn't totally eliminate a craving and usually it was back in full force within an hour. So I struggled along trying to quit but still having a couple smokes almost every day. Then I remembered I had a coupon for a free pack of Marlboro Snus with a pack of cigs so I picked one up in spearmint flavor. Seemed too sweet for my taste and didn't seem to help any more than the gum. Anyway as a result of getting that pack of Marb Snus I did some searching on the net and found out about real snus and how it has helped so many in Sweden get off cigs. So I thought why not give it a try. I placed an order with getsnus and waited, and waited... (it still hasn't shipped, LOL). Then I found the General store locator and found a shop that carries General (they also stock a few other brands) and picked up some General Mini Mint and General Mint and loved them. Since that day I have not bought another pack of smokes. The few smokes I had since then I really noticed how bad they taste and how bad I smelled afterward. So after reading up a bit I placed an order with Snuscentral as they seem to have their act together better than getsnus/northerner (ordered Monday, and arrived today
).
All in all I'm happy finding out about snus. I'm not all cranky from nic withdrawal like I was with the gum and feeling a lot healthier. Even went to a gym the first time in 10 years yesterday. Hopefully very soon I can call myself a non-smoker maybe even get off nic completely someday. But for now I'm just going to enjoy my snus....
Sorry this sort of turned into a wall of text
I've been snusing about 2 weeks now. I've been a smoker for about 19 years, and a couple months ago the wife convinced me to try giving up cigs (she was a smoker and quit cold turkey 6 years ago when pregnant with our son). So I tried the nic gum and found it helped a little. I was able to cut down from a pack a day to anywhere from 1 to 5 a day. But the gum wouldn't totally eliminate a craving and usually it was back in full force within an hour. So I struggled along trying to quit but still having a couple smokes almost every day. Then I remembered I had a coupon for a free pack of Marlboro Snus with a pack of cigs so I picked one up in spearmint flavor. Seemed too sweet for my taste and didn't seem to help any more than the gum. Anyway as a result of getting that pack of Marb Snus I did some searching on the net and found out about real snus and how it has helped so many in Sweden get off cigs. So I thought why not give it a try. I placed an order with getsnus and waited, and waited... (it still hasn't shipped, LOL). Then I found the General store locator and found a shop that carries General (they also stock a few other brands) and picked up some General Mini Mint and General Mint and loved them. Since that day I have not bought another pack of smokes. The few smokes I had since then I really noticed how bad they taste and how bad I smelled afterward. So after reading up a bit I placed an order with Snuscentral as they seem to have their act together better than getsnus/northerner (ordered Monday, and arrived today
).All in all I'm happy finding out about snus. I'm not all cranky from nic withdrawal like I was with the gum and feeling a lot healthier. Even went to a gym the first time in 10 years yesterday. Hopefully very soon I can call myself a non-smoker maybe even get off nic completely someday. But for now I'm just going to enjoy my snus....
Sorry this sort of turned into a wall of text
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