Taste and method of delivery

[redox]

Hello all. I recently discovered snus a few weeks ago. My local cigar store started selling the General product line and from then on was hooked. Since then I've ordered several types from northener.com. I have read most all posts in this forum, but there are a few questions that I haven't found the answer to. I hope y'all can help. First a few things about me:

- been a smoker for well over 15 years

- have tried all snus "types" (portion, white, loose, etc)

- undecided on which one I like the best

First off, when comparing loose to portion, I notice that there is alot more flavor in the portions. I can barely taste or feel anything with a hand baked pris (i.e. nicotine kick). The only time I taste anything is when in falls apart in my mouth. With a portion i get full favor (i guess) after a few minutes. Is it me or am I doing something wrong?

Next, from what I can gather is that white portions tend to last a bit longer, with regards to taste and nicotine compared to an orginal portion.
In my experience, a regular portion "lasts" about 15-20 min before I can't taste it. A white portion can go about 35-45 min. But, I have read here and other places that they can go for hours. Perhaps I'm getting it too wet?

Lastly, thanks to everyone who has posted here, I have gained more info that I could imagine about this neat little product that will hopefully one day help kick my smoking habit. (I want my lungs back!) I hope this post made sense, troll me if it doesn't

[RobsanX]

Smoking definitely affects your sense of taste. I only noticed this after I quit. I always have a portion in, so it takes a while for me to notice the fading flavor. The taste of all portions fade after a while, but I just juice them up, squish them, nibble them to get some more flavor. Otherwise the portion just sits there providing a steady flow of nicotine...

[jnkyo07]

happy snusin

hey man, welcome...i'm just as new to snus as you are, but i've been with the forum for a few weeks now. from what i've heard and tasted white portions do last a little longer...depending on the brand...i've never tried loose. my favorite is regular portions. and i'm outta flavor in like 15 minutes. i think it's all in where you put the portion and if you suck on it, etc. but the main difference between white portions and regular portions is that the tobacco in the white portions is cured before it is put into the pouch, and regular portions, the tobacco is cured in the pouch. i hope this helps

[bearcat87]

Welcome to the forum (I'm trying to beat Sage).

I don't get much flavor from los either. It seems that people either like los or they don't. So maybe you will never get much flavor/enjoyment out of it or you might turn out to love it.

Try flipping your regular/original portion around to get more flavor. I can usually milk them for about 40 min if I flip them. I don't have much experience with the white portions, don't care for them.

Good luck on your smoking cessation. Might want to try the stronger portions or even some snuff to kick the habit.

[redox]

I appreciate the info. There are some strong portions coming in the mail. Can't wait to feel the kick on those. Thinking about it, I do suck on the portions and move them around alot (first and last time I say "I do suck.....alot" in same sentence). As for using snuff, I've never tried it (nasal snuff) and dont know what brands to try. I've used "dip" before but personally I hate the taste and the spitting. This is from having seen people carrying 20 oz bottles around filled with spit. Almost nothing will gross me out, but when I see that I gag.


On a completely unrelated topic, I noticed that the amount of nicotine in a portion is around 8mg/portion. The nicotine content of a cigarette is around .8 - .9 mg. So, around two portions and a mini would equal a pack of cigs. I dont know the average amount of snus used per person. Anyone ever had adverse effects of using alot of portions/loose in one day? No wonder I feel buzzed.

[Xobeloot]

The amount actually absorbed from that portion is far less than what is actually in it.

The main difference is the efficiency of the delivery. A smoke will jack you high on nicotine fast, as well as make you feel buzzed because you are suffocating your body with the smoke.

Snus gives a nice smooth ride from start to finish. It also continues to ramp some nicotine into your system after you take the snus out via absorption through your mouth/stomach.

After using snus for over a year now, the nicotine fix I get from a smoke does not satisfy nearly as much as a snus does.

[sagedil]

Tale a look at this redox. This is from Swedish Match and goes over a bit of the science of snus.

http://www.swedishmatch.com/en/Snus-...cotine-uptake/

And welcome to Snuson (and I do have a life bearcat87, well not really, just slow sometimes)

[bearcat87]

I have no doubt that you have a life, your "The Sage." I just wanted to beat you for once because I currently have no life. :cry:

[redox]

Wow Sage, thanks! Going to read this in a bit. As it seems from other posters, we may not have much of a "life", but in my case I'm stuck in a lab most of the day so by default I cant have one

[sagedil]

LOL redox. Much of my time is spent here during the day, when I am stuck here already at work, and have this wonderful job that allows me to play here so much. It gets sad when I leave work, go straight home and hide, and STILL am on here. Wait, I try to make it out to cafe a few times a week, always take my laptop with me, and am STILL here.

Definition of "no life". :lol: :lol: :lol:

That bit has been posted by me a few times here in the past week. we seem to have a surge in related questions. But I remember it from my research when I first found out about snus a couple of years ago.

[Xobeloot]

I am the definition of "No Life"

[sagedil]

Why we are such good friends.

BTW, as soon as it's even reasonably warm, I'm riding down to Savannah one Saturday to bug you. Gonna make you show me the best of Savannah. Or your apartment, which ever you would prefer. :wink:

[cocsp2002]

redox -

Try taking a pinch of loose and just jamming it up in your lip. It's called doing it "bonde" (which in Swedish equates to something like "farmer" or in English, "hilbilly"). It's kind of a dig on low class people, but when you stick that pris up there without really compacting it, the flavor and nic kick are killer! Your pinch won't last as long, maybe only half an hour, but you'll get a much faster pickup in nicotine, and plenty of tasty juice!