My first Snus experience...

[dupee419]

seems like you've already gotten the best advice possible.

welcome to snuson, and please enjoy your stay. 8)

[chadizzy1]

MichaelLee - forgot to say it in my last post, but welcome to SnusOn.

[chadizzy1]

Re: My first Snus experience...

New to the boards...hello to all.

Got my first shipment of Snus from Getsnus.com last week. 5 General Onyx, 5 Grov White, 1 Thunder Frosted, 1 Thunder Original, 1 Skruf Stark, and my mystery can was General Wintergreen.

Started with a variety to see what would work (and help me quit smoking)...and since I absolutely loathe American dip/snuff, I figured a variety would help me figure that out.

Happy to say it's working...slowly but surely. Took me a bit to get use to my snus. Probably shouldn't have started with the Stark I can understand why General is so damn popular, though. Man, that's a good tobacco.

Still haven't quit smoking permanently, but I'm working on it.

Any tips you all might give the new guy? Like how to keep it from running? I'd heard to dry off the lip before a new portion...that about the gist of it?

Thank you guys for a forum to talk about this...this will help nicely with smoking cessation...talkin' to folks that have been thru it and know what's going on.

Enjoy the night...

Michael

Moved from health
lxskllr

I quit smoking with snus, granted it was Camel SNUS, but I still had cravings with it until I started Swedish Snus, then I quit totally. It was great.

[tool77]

Welcome! My advice for the dripping echos the others - use whites, and keep them more in the front. Also, resist the urge to poke it with your tongue constantly.

[mlkramer]

Late to the game...but Welcome!

Can't add much at this point but I will say the strong ones you started with really did help me at those tougher moments of craving. As time progressed, I'm able to maintain at least half the time with regulars. The main thing is too listen to your body and find the snus that fills the need.

[chadizzy1]

As for the smoking thing, don't even think about. As I have said often, I came to snus with no intention of quitting, I was just looking for something that could get me through work so I didn't have to leave the sales floor I was managing so much. But over 6 weeks, I just used the snus more and more, smoked less and less, until one day, I just stopped smoking cigarettes.

I quit smoking pretty soon after snusing. I would smoke occasionally, but eventually got to the point to where I craved SNUS after smoking, instead of the other way around ( as it had been when I started ), so give it time, and let the snus take control. It knows what it's doing.

[sagedil]

LOL, I always want snus after a cigarette. of course, these days, I usually have one in when I smoke. :wink:

[MichaelLee]

Man, you guys are wicked cool and helpful. Don't know why I'm surprised, smokers have always stuck together...makes sense that snusers would as well. Maybe it's the whole internet forum thing. Rather rare to find a forum w/o the lurking trolls.

As to the Snus, I'm really enjoying the nic kick from the Starks I have, though I do agree their flavor is not something I can do regularly, except the Thunder Frosted...as of now, that is ranking very highly on my list.

Being new to smokeless tobacco, my main concern was the same I had when I tried Cope and Skoal to kick smoking some ten years ago...the burn. That, "My God,"...rasp..."My esophagus...is melting...WATER!" feeling you get when you first start chewing, dipping, or snusing. That was more or less my problem with the drip. But the more accustomed I become to a particular brand...it seems to die down pretty quickly.

And Chad...checked out the reviews, brother. That's going to help a lot when I go to place my order...thanks, man. Good stuff.

As to all...thanks a lot. Enjoy your night.

Michael

[Ainkor]

I think everyone hit it right on the head so I won't bore you with any repetitive drivel

Welcome aboard and watch out for Premium Parrots, hes rather "commanding".

One other bit of advice, if your scared of a bit of "bromance" action, say now :P

[chadizzy1]

And Chad...checked out the reviews, brother. That's going to help a lot when I go to place my order...thanks, man. Good stuff.

main reason i started writing them. i wanted to write snus reviews for the average joe, and that's kinda the whole thing i have going on at my blog.

and SnusOn is an AMAZING source of info. it never fails, it's like clockwork. you can write a post with what you like, what you're thinking about ordering, and you'll get about 20-30 comments of people with suggestions. becasue we've all been there, trying to make that first order and having NO idea what's good/whats bad/what people like....and everyone has an opinion. you've read some of mine, and around here you'll see everyone elses. just keep an open mind, everyones taste is different - and the good thing is, snus is cheap!

[eyephantom]

I smoked 1-2 packs/day for 7 years and I also found smoking cessation extremely easy with snus. I started using snus last oct. and set new years day as my intended quit day, ended up stopping well before, the exception being when drinking alcohol. Over 11 months into using snus and I still cannot go on a good old fashioned drinking binge without chain smoking cigs. And I never smoke, not even occasionally, while sober.

[MichaelLee]

Kinda thinking the same will apply to me, Phantom. A couple shots of Wild Turkey and I can't help but smoke. Some people have the occasional cigar with their liquor, but we tend to prefer eating cigarettes...haha.

A habit I'm not so sure I'll ever quit...nor do I want to. Those are good nights.

[sagedil]

One thing you will discover about snus, is it finally makes having that occasional cigarette not an issue. It's just not like when folks have quit cold turkey, and a year later, that one cigarette suddenly leads to a pack a day habit again.

I have said many times over the years one of my greatest pleasure in snus is it now means I can smoke when I WANT to, not when I NEED to.

[eyephantom]

Kinda thinking the same will apply to me, Phantom. A couple shots of Wild Turkey and I can't help but smoke. Some people have the occasional cigar with their liquor, but we tend to prefer eating cigarettes...haha.

A habit I'm not so sure I'll ever quit...nor do I want to. Those are good nights.

Indeed, although my lungs tend to disagree. Having not smoked for a couple weeks and then diving lungfirst into what inevitably ends up being a full pack in a night of debauchery, seems almost counter productive. My primary reason for quitting smoking in the first place, was the immediate health benefits I stood to gain, not the effects that would most likely result in the long run (cancer, heart disease). By simply changing from cigs to snus, I've been able to run, bike 10 miles/day, to the point where I'm considering selling my car. The next few days after a smoking session are extremely rough, more so then while I was smoking continuously; though I hardly want to put my drinking days behind me. I'm planing to abstain from drinking for the next month if not longer (so limiting myself to no more than 3-4 beers), and seeing if I can rely solely on snus when the time comes after that point. My thought process is the longer I go without smoking at all, the harder it will be to cave.

tl;dr smoking as a ritualistic 'fun thing to do occasionally' isin't acceptable for me anymore

[sagedil]

If you are feeling the effects from smoking, and that is bad, then do whatever you need to to not smoke.

What snus does is allow you to at least smoke that just one without feeling like you need another one,, just because of the nicotine. But there are so many other elements besides the nicotine part for many folks. So if situations are causing you to smoke, when you don't want to, then yes, do whatever it takes to not put you in those situations.

Again, all I want is to be able to smoke when I want to, not when i need to. I never ever want another cigarette when I don't really want it.