Questions about nicotine...

[CzechCzar]

I am a regular-portion guy. 8-9 mg max for me. I have really been getting into los recently over the past couple of days, and my icetool has seen much more action.

After opening presents with the family / fiancee today, and not having a snus all day, I went downstairs to my bag and got out Ettan WP - my favorite snus in the world. After 20 minutes with it in, I still had this craving that normal nic snuses normally satisfy. On a hunch, I popped in an Onyx. While I definitely got a huge rush, it was not the normal hiccups / sick feeling I get from sterk portions.

Here's the thing: I don't want to get to the point where I need a sterk to feel satisfied. Ettan does not come in a sterk, and I don't want to limit myself to snuses other than Ettan. I concluded that I was measuring out more than 8mg nic with my icetool; that is the only change I have made that would leave me to feel unsatisfied. I have gone without snus for days before, and then when I finally put one in it was heaven. Not so this time.

So my question is, how many clicks on the smallest sized icetool will get me 8 mg nic? In other words, how many clicks will equal a normal-sized portion?

[SnusoMatic]

i cant say absolutely because different size grinds will be different in the icetool plus how tight it's packed. One time I had some General loose and a gram scale. I weighed out 1 gram and put it in my 3ml icetool. It was a little less than a click on the icetool (by little i mean almost if not on the line). You can open a portion and put it in the icetool to get an idea but most portion snus is ground fine.

i use mostly loose. I use more loose at a time but I keep it in a lot longer.

With all that said, my advice is if you want to keep to 8 mgs you better throw out the loose and the strongs.

[stubby2]

I would assume you would want a gram. I don't know exactly how much is a gram but I do know that one click on a 3 mm ice tool is about 3/4 gram. The markings are not even to the first and then to the second so I don't know where between the first and second click 1 gram is going to be.

That's the best I can do

[UsualSnuspects]

If you bake it tight enough, 5 clicks will still keep you under 8mg if it doesn't loosen up. Portions really allow you to get at all the nic, whereas lös only delivers as much as you expose to your mucosa. I probably absorb more through my palm and fingers than through my mouth when i bake a tight one.

[CzechCzar]

Thanks very much for all the help everybody!!

[Reynard]

Icetool dosages - a project

[CzechCzar]

Very useful - thanks!