snus vs cigarettes (pros and cons)

[SnuserSnuffer]

Snus:
Pros: Portable, more natural/primitive (dont need a lighter), cheapish, lasts long, discreet

Cons: when talking to people you have a wad of tobacco in your upper lip

Cigs:
Pros: more meditative time to breath
Cons: hard to smoke wherever you want, lots of societal disapproval

My gripe is.. im very self conscious smiling sometimes (all the time), round cute girls. Im an add on snuser.. meaning I add on up to 5-6..

Sadly this alone might make me quit snus. Wish theyd make a tobacco gum.

[SnusoMatic]

screw what people think. if anyone ask, "what's that in your mouth?" solemn as possible say, $hit. They wont ask again

[Kaplan]

Cons to smoking: It destroys your health, makes you smell like crap (cute girls love that, I remember), and ruins your taste buds. But yeah, it is nice to smoke every now and then. But then ecigs can give you a lot of the same satisfaction.

I have no idea what an "add on snuser" means. You mean you use los and keep adding more to what you already have in your mouth? Maybe you should try portions, particularly the long portions.

[heders]

Snus Pros:

• Tastes good
• Cheap
• Lasts long
• Doesn't give you the nicotine fluctuations like cigarettes, but keeps a steady level
• Doesn't live you smelling of old, stale, smoke
• Doesn't make you fingers yellow
• Doesn't cause cancer
• Makes you have your tobacco moments (like the first one in the morning together with a cup of coffee) without sacrificing your health
• It's discreet
• Does not ruin the benefit of exercise like smoking does
• Does not fck up your taste and smell
• Can be done everywhere - no more looking for smoking rooms at airports, craving a smoke at cinemas, hospitals, in class/work etc.
• It's cool as hell
• It's a Swedish tradition
• Pairs awesomely with drinks
• Comes in a wide selection of nicotine levels and flavors
• Does not cause cancer
• Does not cause heart disease
• You can do neat tricks with your snus can
• Laughing at other smokers in desperate need of nicotine while you sit fully satisfied with a snus under your lip
• Mint snus can work as a breath freshener
• Snus and coffee
• Snus and beer
• Getting the benifits of nicotine without damaging yourself
• Being a part of a fun community
• Substituting candy and crap food with snus
• Getting to enjoy tobacco while still having the opportunity to live a healthy life style

Snus Cons:

• If you pack a fat prilla then whistling can be a bit more difficult
• Some ladies get scared of the manliness that snus provides and thus rejects you
• Falling asleep with a snus in

Smoking Pros:

• You get to stand outside in crap weather with other fools sucking in fumes to get a hint of nicotine in you.
• You might get to talk to some chick when borrowing her lighter.
• It looks cool if you are a movie star from the fifties

Smoking Cons:

• High risk of cancer all over the body
• Extremely high risk of COPD, which sooner or later comes to some degree if you smoke long enough
• You smell like shit
• You look like shit
• Smoking is not viewed as "cool" and "hip" anymore, but merely as a sign of weakness (and kind of white trash-y)
• You get yellow nicotine stains on your fingers
• If you smoke indoors your apartment smells like a crack den
• You are at serious risk of heart attacks and strokes
• Your stamina gets terrible
• Cigarettes are wickedly expensive
• Having to stand outside in terrible rain or winter weather to get your nicotine
• Being with non-smokers who despise smoking, smoking away and then smelling like an ashtray
• Meeting new people or going to a job interview smelling like smoke
• Getting serious nicotine cravings when you absolutely can't smoke
• Dying prematurely
• Possibly having your kids and family watch your slow death caused by the cigarettes
• Smokers cough
• Hacking up tar and flem in the morning
• Constantly having to wake up with a sore throat due to too much smoking
• Feeling poisoned and fatigued all the time
• The anxiety of knowing what you do is seriously harmful and eventually probably will kill you
• Smoking in front of younger people who should view you as a role model (like your kids, relatives or younger siblings)
• Accidentally dropping your cigarette in your lap while driving
• Getting water in your car when smoking with an open window while driving in rain
• Not being able to get your nicotine on long flights, and finding out that there are no smoke rooms and no time on connecting flights to have a smoke
• Seriously damaging your health
• Damaging the health of people around you
• Having to constantly stop what you are doing (in my case every 30 minutes or 1 hour) to go out and have a smoke
• Accidentally burning holes in your new clothes with the burning tip of the cigarette
• Having the taste of ashtray in your mouth
• People stealing your lighters
• When you can't find a lighter and freak out
• When you realize that a facility is smoke-free, and you really want to smoke
• Not seeing the same benefit in terms of exercising like you would if you didn't smoke
• Food not tasting as good as they would if you were a non-smoker
• The pain and agony that smoking causes for so many people

... and I could go on.

[Skell18]

Snus Pros:

• Tastes good
• Cheap
• Lasts long
• Doesn't give you the nicotine fluctuations like cigarettes, but keeps a steady level
• Doesn't live you smelling of old, stale, smoke
• Doesn't make you fingers yellow
• Doesn't cause cancer
• Makes you have your tobacco moments (like the first one in the morning together with a cup of coffee) without sacrificing your health
• It's discreet
• Does not ruin the benefit of exercise like smoking does
• Does not fck up your taste and smell
• Can be done everywhere - no more looking for smoking rooms at airports, craving a smoke at cinemas, hospitals, in class/work etc.
• It's cool as hell
• It's a Swedish tradition
• Pairs awesomely with drinks
• Comes in a wide selection of nicotine levels and flavors
• Does not cause cancer
• Does not cause heart disease
• You can do neat tricks with your snus can
• Laughing at other smokers in desperate need of nicotine while you sit fully satisfied with a snus under your lip
• Mint snus can work as a breath freshener
• Snus and coffee
• Snus and beer
• Getting the benifits of nicotine without damaging yourself
• Being a part of a fun community
• Substituting candy and crap food with snus
• Getting to enjoy tobacco while still having the opportunity to live a healthy life style

Snus Cons:

• If you pack a fat prilla then whistling can be a bit more difficult
• Some ladies get scared of the manliness that snus provides and thus rejects you
• Falling asleep with a snus in

Smoking Pros:

• You get to stand outside in crap weather with other fools sucking in fumes to get a hint of nicotine in you.
• You might get to talk to some chick when borrowing her lighter.
• It looks cool if you are a movie star from the fifties

Smoking Cons:

• High risk of cancer all over the body
• Extremely high risk of COPD, which sooner or later comes to some degree if you smoke long enough
• You smell like shit
• You look like shit
• Smoking is not viewed as "cool" and "hip" anymore, but merely as a sign of weakness (and kind of white trash-y)
• You get yellow nicotine stains on your fingers
• If you smoke indoors your apartment smells like a crack den
• You are at serious risk of heart attacks and strokes
• Your stamina gets terrible
• Cigarettes are wickedly expensive
• Having to stand outside in terrible rain or winter weather to get your nicotine
• Being with non-smokers who despise smoking, smoking away and then smelling like an ashtray
• Meeting new people or going to a job interview smelling like smoke
• Getting serious nicotine cravings when you absolutely can't smoke
• Dying prematurely
• Possibly having your kids and family watch your slow death caused by the cigarettes
• Smokers cough
• Hacking up tar and flem in the morning
• Constantly having to wake up with a sore throat due to too much smoking
• Feeling poisoned and fatigued all the time
• The anxiety of knowing what you do is seriously harmful and eventually probably will kill you
• Smoking in front of younger people who should view you as a role model (like your kids, relatives or younger siblings)
• Accidentally dropping your cigarette in your lap while driving
• Getting water in your car when smoking with an open window while driving in rain
• Not being able to get your nicotine on long flights, and finding out that there are no smoke rooms and no time on connecting flights to have a smoke
• Seriously damaging your health
• Damaging the health of people around you
• Having to constantly stop what you are doing (in my case every 30 minutes or 1 hour) to go out and have a smoke
• Accidentally burning holes in your new clothes with the burning tip of the cigarette
• Having the taste of ashtray in your mouth
• People stealing your lighters
• When you can't find a lighter and freak out
• When you realize that a facility is smoke-free, and you really want to smoke
• Not seeing the same benefit in terms of exercising like you would if you didn't smoke
• Food not tasting as good as they would if you were a non-smoker
• The pain and agony that smoking causes for so many people

... and I could go on.

+1!!!

[Skell18]

Some ladies get scared of the manliness that snus provides and thus rejects you

Love it!

[Ainkor]

There is no way that a person could possibly view smoking as a legitimate alternative to snus for nicotine consumption, unless it's the addiction speaking.

I just ran the Warrior Dash yesterday and there is no way I could have done that as a smoker. Better believe I had a snus in the whole time though :P

[TobaccyLassy]

Snus Pros:

• Tastes good
• Cheap
• Lasts long
• Doesn't give you the nicotine fluctuations like cigarettes, but keeps a steady level
• Doesn't live you smelling of old, stale, smoke
• Doesn't make you fingers yellow
• Doesn't cause cancer
• Makes you have your tobacco moments (like the first one in the morning together with a cup of coffee) without sacrificing your health
• It's discreet
• Does not ruin the benefit of exercise like smoking does
• Does not fck up your taste and smell
• Can be done everywhere - no more looking for smoking rooms at airports, craving a smoke at cinemas, hospitals, in class/work etc.
• It's cool as hell
• It's a Swedish tradition
• Pairs awesomely with drinks
• Comes in a wide selection of nicotine levels and flavors
• Does not cause cancer
• Does not cause heart disease
• You can do neat tricks with your snus can
• Laughing at other smokers in desperate need of nicotine while you sit fully satisfied with a snus under your lip
• Mint snus can work as a breath freshener
• Snus and coffee
• Snus and beer
• Getting the benifits of nicotine without damaging yourself
• Being a part of a fun community
• Substituting candy and crap food with snus
• Getting to enjoy tobacco while still having the opportunity to live a healthy life style

Snus Cons:

• If you pack a fat prilla then whistling can be a bit more difficult
• Some ladies get scared of the manliness that snus provides and thus rejects you
• Falling asleep with a snus in

Smoking Pros:

• You get to stand outside in crap weather with other fools sucking in fumes to get a hint of nicotine in you.
• You might get to talk to some chick when borrowing her lighter.
• It looks cool if you are a movie star from the fifties

Smoking Cons:

• High risk of cancer all over the body
• Extremely high risk of COPD, which sooner or later comes to some degree if you smoke long enough
• You smell like shit
• You look like shit
• Smoking is not viewed as "cool" and "hip" anymore, but merely as a sign of weakness (and kind of white trash-y)
• You get yellow nicotine stains on your fingers
• If you smoke indoors your apartment smells like a crack den
• You are at serious risk of heart attacks and strokes
• Your stamina gets terrible
• Cigarettes are wickedly expensive
• Having to stand outside in terrible rain or winter weather to get your nicotine
• Being with non-smokers who despise smoking, smoking away and then smelling like an ashtray
• Meeting new people or going to a job interview smelling like smoke
• Getting serious nicotine cravings when you absolutely can't smoke
• Dying prematurely
• Possibly having your kids and family watch your slow death caused by the cigarettes
• Smokers cough
• Hacking up tar and flem in the morning
• Constantly having to wake up with a sore throat due to too much smoking
• Feeling poisoned and fatigued all the time
• The anxiety of knowing what you do is seriously harmful and eventually probably will kill you
• Smoking in front of younger people who should view you as a role model (like your kids, relatives or younger siblings)
• Accidentally dropping your cigarette in your lap while driving
• Getting water in your car when smoking with an open window while driving in rain
• Not being able to get your nicotine on long flights, and finding out that there are no smoke rooms and no time on connecting flights to have a smoke
• Seriously damaging your health
• Damaging the health of people around you
• Having to constantly stop what you are doing (in my case every 30 minutes or 1 hour) to go out and have a smoke
• Accidentally burning holes in your new clothes with the burning tip of the cigarette
• Having the taste of ashtray in your mouth
• People stealing your lighters
• When you can't find a lighter and freak out
• When you realize that a facility is smoke-free, and you really want to smoke
• Not seeing the same benefit in terms of exercising like you would if you didn't smoke
• Food not tasting as good as they would if you were a non-smoker
• The pain and agony that smoking causes for so many people

... and I could go on.

I love it!! I sure like not smelling like stale smoke. A week after I stopped smoking completely, I took all my laundry from my studio home to wash....all my martial arts uniforms smelled like ashtrays. Funny how after I would come back in from the back parking lot after a cigarette, that I never really realized what I smelled like when I came back in. Geez, my students are so polite by not saying 'Sifu, you effin' stink to high heaven".

[GoVegan]

With cigarettes I would think about how I should quit every single time I lit one up.

[LincolnSnuff]

If you must smoke, pipes eliminate virtually all of the downsides of cigarettes IMO. Although nothing beats snus and snuff as nicotine delivery sources.

[jagmanss]

With cigarettes I would think about how I should quit every single time I lit one up.

With cigarettes I would think about when is the next time I could light another up every single time right after I put it out.... Yeah! I was that bad of a chain smoker.... Thank god for snus... Now I just think about what strength and flavor I may want next.... It's like a box of chocolates And now thanks to GN I can even pack Fudge....

[Skell18]

And now thanks to GN I can even pack Fudge....

Hahahahahahahahaha!!

When I was at uni I used to smoke 60 tabs a day (3 packs) I would have smoked more but there wasn't enough hours in a day!

[squeezyjohn]

SNUS
Pros: far far safer than smoking; can be done indoors in almost any situation; amazing world of flavour sensations to explore; the health benefits are tangible
Cons: you can't f**king get it in the EU, they keep discontinuing the good stuff

SMOKING
Pros: Well - come on - it's smoking isn't it ... a good drag on a cigarette is heaven ... unfortunately, done often it WILL kill you. Pipes are also access to an amazing 3 centuries development of flavour sensations, top craftsmanship, and a taste pallet that will soon be extinct. Enjoy it in moderation while you can!
Cons: It kills you, and before it kills you , it makes you out of breath, smelly and a bit crap at everything.

[OttR]

To be honest, there are a few more pros to smoking.

- Can buy from a huge selection of cigarettes anywhere.
- Cigarettes are commonplace and you don't have to explain what they are. (Snus? What's that? Some kinda DIP??)
- Singing in a lounge with a drink and a lit cigarette in hand, you have to admit that just wouldn't be the same with snus. Come to think of it, can you even sing with a snus in?

But, yeah, the cons of smoking far outweigh the pros.

[SnuserSnuffer]

yeah

Yeah there are more pros to smoking i guess my main "con" to snus was trying to smile at a girl.. i get too self conscious! Cant help it i feel stupid

I like snus, i personally am probably going back to smoking..

The longest living people on earth were frequently smokers.

Tbc