Originally posted by addola
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Thanks a lot Chad (Chad Jones, The Snubie.com guy?). Your blog helped me a lot! If you're ever in Upstate South Carolina, I owe you a beer!
I was trying to quit smoking but it never worked. I have been a smoker for 4 years. A pack or more a day. I tried Nicotine Replacement Therapy, using cigar/pipe, Chantix/Champix and it didn't work. I was getting sick and asthmatic every once in a while, something that hasn't happened for 10 years. Smoking has got to go!
I am into Swedish stuff. I drive Saab, and a friend of mine, in my country, is crazy about Saab & Sweden. He traveled to Sweden a few times. One day he gave me a KickUP portion and told me there is no tobacco in this, and it is called Snus. I didn't know why he mentioned that it's tobacco free, so it never occurred to me that snus is a tobacco product. In addition, you don't (usually) find commercial smokeless tobacco in my country...
But one day, I was in the United States, staying with my American family in South Carolina. Walked to a gas station before they closed, and for some reason picked a pack of Camel's this time. Walked back, sat in the front porch to smoke. I was sick, coughing and kind of depressed. I took a look at the pack, and saw a coupon for Camel's SNUS.
I though, wait a minute.. isn't this a Swedish product? Hmmm, looked up Snus, Quitting Smoking with Snus, and landed at snubie.com. The gas station has closed. I was in a rural South Carolina town. Next morning I got me Camel SNUS and it helped a but. It was weak, and I read on snubie.com that it's NOT designed to replace cigarettes, quoting camel's "Where you can't smoke, Snus"
Looked up where I can find Swedish Snus that same week, found General in stores & Northerner online (they had great selection in the US warehouse). 3 to 4 days after buying General, I stopped smoking. I also ordered different flavors from Northerner while I was staying in the US that summer (2012). I remember the 12 hours flight back home was much easier that time because I had a can of Phantom in my pocket, and a roll of Jakobssons in my checked bag. But when I ran out, didn't know how to get more snus, so I smoked for two weeks until my friend came to visit from Sweden with a rescue care package: Two rolls of General White and General Regular. I decided to never go back to smoking. Ever! Snus is more enjoyable and is much less harmless. My friend has made friends in Sweden, and he had them bring over some Skruf since I never tried it before.
I also managed to make orders from Northerner to my country and realized that my package was misplaced in the mail. My work has a faculty mail box area and student mailbox area. I am a faculty. I went to the faculty mail asking if I got any package from Sweden? Then one of my students told me that there was a note in the student mail center with my name on it! It's been sitting there for over a month as the stamps show. I ordered again from Northerner and the mailman misplaced it again. This time, though, I was checking both centers haha. I couldn't use SnusCentral or BuySnus at that time. Only Northerner worked since I used my BoA card with them when I stayed in the US (I presume).
It's funny that when I first started using snus, I used to go out and snus on the porch. The reason why snus worked for me is that it could go with drinks like coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages.
I now have better health, I can breathe, I don't cough, and I realized how horrible I smelled when I was a smoker.
I was trying to quit smoking but it never worked. I have been a smoker for 4 years. A pack or more a day. I tried Nicotine Replacement Therapy, using cigar/pipe, Chantix/Champix and it didn't work. I was getting sick and asthmatic every once in a while, something that hasn't happened for 10 years. Smoking has got to go!
I am into Swedish stuff. I drive Saab, and a friend of mine, in my country, is crazy about Saab & Sweden. He traveled to Sweden a few times. One day he gave me a KickUP portion and told me there is no tobacco in this, and it is called Snus. I didn't know why he mentioned that it's tobacco free, so it never occurred to me that snus is a tobacco product. In addition, you don't (usually) find commercial smokeless tobacco in my country...
But one day, I was in the United States, staying with my American family in South Carolina. Walked to a gas station before they closed, and for some reason picked a pack of Camel's this time. Walked back, sat in the front porch to smoke. I was sick, coughing and kind of depressed. I took a look at the pack, and saw a coupon for Camel's SNUS.
I though, wait a minute.. isn't this a Swedish product? Hmmm, looked up Snus, Quitting Smoking with Snus, and landed at snubie.com. The gas station has closed. I was in a rural South Carolina town. Next morning I got me Camel SNUS and it helped a but. It was weak, and I read on snubie.com that it's NOT designed to replace cigarettes, quoting camel's "Where you can't smoke, Snus"
Looked up where I can find Swedish Snus that same week, found General in stores & Northerner online (they had great selection in the US warehouse). 3 to 4 days after buying General, I stopped smoking. I also ordered different flavors from Northerner while I was staying in the US that summer (2012). I remember the 12 hours flight back home was much easier that time because I had a can of Phantom in my pocket, and a roll of Jakobssons in my checked bag. But when I ran out, didn't know how to get more snus, so I smoked for two weeks until my friend came to visit from Sweden with a rescue care package: Two rolls of General White and General Regular. I decided to never go back to smoking. Ever! Snus is more enjoyable and is much less harmless. My friend has made friends in Sweden, and he had them bring over some Skruf since I never tried it before.
I also managed to make orders from Northerner to my country and realized that my package was misplaced in the mail. My work has a faculty mail box area and student mailbox area. I am a faculty. I went to the faculty mail asking if I got any package from Sweden? Then one of my students told me that there was a note in the student mail center with my name on it! It's been sitting there for over a month as the stamps show. I ordered again from Northerner and the mailman misplaced it again. This time, though, I was checking both centers haha. I couldn't use SnusCentral or BuySnus at that time. Only Northerner worked since I used my BoA card with them when I stayed in the US (I presume).
It's funny that when I first started using snus, I used to go out and snus on the porch. The reason why snus worked for me is that it could go with drinks like coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages.
I now have better health, I can breathe, I don't cough, and I realized how horrible I smelled when I was a smoker.
Nice story Addola. Thanks for posting it!
Where are you on faculty?
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