Who Prefers Regular 8 mg Snus?

[EricHill78]

Let me ask this - does anyone else have a hard time falling asleep if you use an extra sterk right before bed?

Vegan this really makes me think. Remember when I posted about having trouble sleeping and trying valerian root etc? I never took in account I allways use a sterk right before bed. My thinking was if I used a sterk my nic levels would be high where as I'd have a better night's sleep. Maybe it's been the cause of my problem all along.

[GoVegan]

Vegan this really makes me think. Remember when I posted about having trouble sleeping and trying valerian root etc? I never took in account I allways use a sterk right before bed. My thinking was if I used a sterk my nic levels would be high where as I'd have a better night's sleep. Maybe it's been the cause of my problem all along.

A good possibility. To me, its not like coffee where you get wired. Rather, I feel very tired and I just can't get to sleep.

[Mill]

I am the exact opposite....when drinking I need the stronger snus. That probably comes from smoking more when drinking in the past - now I don't smoke but many of the people around me still do.

For me the stark portions last longer and I use less of them.

Makes me nauseous. I'm especially susceptible to nicotine at night, and even a mild stark like Onyx bothers me. Same with drinking. The last thing I want with alcohol is more nicotine. Something like Oden's Extreme would cause me to hurl in a heartbeat.

[Crow]

I usually like the strong snus (12+ mg), but I like to end the day with a regular (or low) strength snus. Nicotine content is not 'one size fits all' and it shouldn't be approached that way by the snus producers.

[WickedKitchen]

8mg is plenty. I prefer that to the sterks, but I certainly enjoy the extra nic and different/intense flavors. I hit the sterks harder on the weekends but I find that I'm using half the amount of portions just naturally. The marketing of the high-flavor/high-nic worked on me for the flavors but I've pulled out my fair share of portions after a minute or three because the nic level was just uncomfortably high. I find this happens at night and my body is telling me that I'm plain full of nic for the day. Alcohol, of course facilitates this. To me, the flavors of these new(er) sterks are spot on but there comes a body load with using them. Sometimes it's just not worth it.

[heders]

Let me ask this - does anyone else have a hard time falling asleep if you use an extra sterk right before bed?

I don't have a hard time falling asleep, but I dream weird and vivid as hell, and actually can easily get nightmares and sometimes wake up with a pounding heart if I use an extra strong snus right before I fall asleep. It's like my mind gets tired and my body is totally pumped up, almost in a fight or flight mode. I don't think it's good to use an extra strong snus right before bed... you get less deep sleep and more REM sleep.

[clint404]

I sometimes wake up about 6am and pop a snus in, doze off with it in, and dream crazy stuff. Nicotine acts on the same receptors in the brain as LSD...maybe that has something to do with it?

[Xakz]

Tried all the strengths and I must admit, I prefer 8s and sometimes 11s like onyx.
Got lots of extra strong sterks in the freezer because I wanted to try the new flavors but i'm tapering down now. I'm happy enough with 8s every few hours. Won't be buying anything over 12 in future.

So manufacturers... you better make new flavors in 8s if you wish to get me in a buying frenzy again.

[heders]

What really sucks is that all the new kick ass flavors are in strong or extra strong format now a days... It really sucks, because for example, General ES portions are one of the best tasting portions there is, but the nicotine is way too high for use all the time. Also Nick & Johnny is awesome, but that also is a strong portion. Then we have Jakobssons Wintergreen and Mint also, both also strong... I could go on forever...

Nah, I won't be buying sterks or extra sterks again for a long time. I have some brands left in my fridge that I will use up, but after that it's time to lower my nicotine intake.

[spirit72]

Let me ask this - does anyone else have a hard time falling asleep if you use an extra sterk right before bed?

Yup. Keeps me up for an hour or even two, even if I use an 8mg portion directly before bed, and I use 8mg snus almost exclusively(I like Grov Black now and than). So no snus for me at least an hour prior to bedtime, and if I must have a boost, it ends up being a small pinch of nasal snuff instead. That doesn't seem to bug me.

[Snusify]

When I first got into snus I was coming off 2 packs a day of Marlboro reds. So although 8mg snus was good I really got into lös snus and made fat prillas to satisfy my nicotine requirements. Then came along a sterk snus war, we had general sterk, extra stark portion and lös, then came along thunder, then came along oden's.

So for a while I used sterk portions as they satisfied. But then I was excluding myself from all of the other tasty brands of 8mg portioned snus.

So I weaned myself down to 8mg portions.

Forward a few years. now a days I can use 8mg portion all day or a sterk portion all day they all satisfy me.

I find 8mg snus perks me up throughout the day and a big fat prilla of snus when i get home or on the bus going home relaxes me.

[RobsanX]

All of the above.

[truthwolf1]

For a long time I was using the 9-11mg range like General Sterk, Onyx, NIckJ, Tranbar with some 8mg los/longcut a couple times per night..

Now I am quite comfortable with 8mg portions and los and would look forward to new los/portions/longcut in that range.
A little higher is great but 12 and up gives me that overload feeling

[stones]

Only uses starks first thing in the morning the rest of the day just 8mg portions anything over the 12 mg mark I start to sweat and feel funny.

[Snusdog]

While not really pertinent to the poll.............it is related.

I use both starks and regulars...........however because they are los I am able to vary the size of the pris so my nic intake from either is pretty much the same.

I chain snus............but I really don't like a big nic kick..........for me it's more maintaining a steady level.............while enjoying great tobacco