Stop Smoking with Toque Snuff

Stop Smoking with Toque Snuff

‘The British Medical Journal’
“Our findings suggest that a new age for snuff is coming and it is a feasible alternative to cigarette smoking"

‘Cancer Research UK’
"Snuff seems an entirely acceptable substitute for smoking and could be recommended for addicted smokers because, if they could substitute snuff-taking for smoking, they would greatly reduce the risk to their health"

‘The Lancet’
"Switching from cigarettes to snuff could have enormous health benefits"।

‘Cancer Research UK’
"Studies show that the health hazards surrounding snuff are much less than cigarettes and the risk is approximately one per cent compared with the risks associated with smoking"

‘The British Medical Journal’
"Switching from cigarettes to snuff could have enormous health benefits.... the absence of tar and gases such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and many other toxic combustion products, would virtually eliminate smoking-related cancer, bronchitis, and possibly heart disease. Also, snuff does not contaminate the atmosphere for non-users”

‘The Lancet’
"Snuff could save more lives and avoid more ill-health than any other preventive measure likely to be available to developed nations well into the 21st century"

‘Cancer Research UK’
‘By smoking you are setting fire to the products which causes their combustion. Snuff doesn’t have the combustion products which are carcinogenic and all the user is getting is the nicotine."

These are all genuine customers who have successfully stopped smoking using snuff.

1. I quit smoking and moved onto snuff about 2 and a half months ago and haven't looked back. I was actually very surprised at how easy the transition was. I smoked 'roll-ups' (loose cigarette tobacco with papers) for 14 years. *lungs take a deep clear sigh*. Just wondered if there are any other peeps like me who have quit smoking with nasal snuff.

2. There are many here, me being one of them. Snuff is much more enjoyable I think.

3. I also quit strong smoking for 26 years, 10 weeks ago. The transition was easy and pleasant.. I didn’t miss cigarettes,but had some little infections during the first weeks.. Maybe a problem with the immune system.After 10 weeks I just can say, happy to be here :)

4. That's me as well....

5. I quit recently. When I started taking snuff it wasn't my intention, I just didn't like smoking any more and ended up having just one a day out of habit until I figured out I didn't want that one. I still have a nearly full pouch of rolling tobacco that I haven't touched since the day I didn't feel like smoking. No willpower required!My enjoyment of tobacco has also increased immeasurably since ditching cigarettes which includes smoking it. I am now a lot more aware of why I use tobacco.

6. My experiences were just the same, just sick of smoke. I still have the odd one and always will, but snuff is the main thing now - I might not have a cigarette for weeks and the thing that’s helped me most has been not going through any mental quitting saga. No guilt, no willpower, just choosing not to smoke today; a bit like the AA approach. After many, many attempts to quit this has been the best way for me, with snuff (which I’ve used on and off of for years) playing a big part. I owe a lot to Wilsons and Toque! It’s also great not to have to loose tobacco from my daily life and snuffing is a much purer way of using it.
7. I smoked for 25 years, I quit cold turkey, and I did have a bit of incentive though... I was diagnosed with emphazema and COPD, but I did find that months later, when the addiction started getting the best of me, that a couple of sniffs killed the cravings.

8. I quit cigarettes because of snuff as well. The more I used snuff, the less cravings I'd get for smoking. I have started smoking a pipe on occasion. However, that is even a rare thing. The only time I'll have a cigarette now is when I have a sinus cold and am too plugged up to use snuff. Right now, snuff is my main thing.
9. Smoked for 20 years or so. The little woman wouldn't tolerate my smoking and coughing any longer, after quitting herself two years earlier. I've successfully kicked the habit again after trying snuff about three years ago. I still have a smoke once in a great while but snuff is my main tobacco vice now. It's discrete, satisfying in its own wonderful way and the flavours.....my god the sheer number of flavours and scents.... I only regret that I may not live long enough to try them all.....

10. I actually quit cigs with snus but someday I will probably quit snus with snuff... who knows for sure but snuff is something that I have no qualms about admitting to be a lifer.

11. Yeah I quit with snus defiantly. The funny thing is I wasn't trying to quite cigarettes at all I just decided why the heck would I smoke if I can snus it's definitely better

12. I quit cigs with snuff. I was coughing up something nasty and remembered something about snuff and some smoke shop had some old dusty snuffs. Instant quitting thanks to snuff.

13. Plan to be an ex-smoker soon. Just can't let go of the apron string quite yet. The snuffis definitely taking care of my need for nicotine. But there is the "habit" and "hand to mouth"issue going on. Plus, I am one of those folks who actually likes the smell of burning cigs!So been trying to incorporate "tea tree Australian chewing sticks" in my life for the hand to mouthneed. It does help, I treat it like a cig in a way. Just have one in my hand and put it in my mouthhere in there for a moment. Taste real nice too!When I am in public or just even with company, I don't miss the smokes so much because I am chatting with them or just enjoying observing. But I live alone and spending a few hours alone in front of the compy just makes me want to smoke. So that is when I use the toothpicks, alternately with cigs still, 8/8/08 isn't hereyet! In public don't really want to use toothpick, so then I use a small "rubbing stone" for my thumbto at least have something to do with my smoking hand and sometimes put a tic tac in my mouth for the oral fixation. Good luck to all wanting to quit the cigs with snuff!

14. I quit last July, after smoking a pack a day for 30 years. It didn't make it "easy", but it does separate the addiction from the habit, so I can still have my vitamin N, while I'm working on beating the habit. This is what Grace is talking about. The need to bend your elbow. If you really want to quit, it's amazing the stuff you'll try. My son has come home and found me out on the porch with such a big pinch of O&G up my nose, he could smell it when he walked by, feverishly throwing one of his yoyos up and down. I've got a good friend that says that between the "habit" and the easy availability, cigarettes are harder to quit than heroin. And knowing him, he's probably speaking from experience!
15. Well cigarettes are more addictive then heroin (it's a fact). In a large part because of the manipulation of chemicals put into cigarettes. Plus the fact you can always find smokes doesn't help much either.Though I found when switching to snuff it helped if I play smoked one of my pipes while snuffing. Yeah everything but packing the bowl and lighting it. Though I feel too silly to do it in public. Maybe a bubble pipe would work well for that.

16. Just thought I would add my thoughts here.I smoked cigarettes for about 30 years. I never really can recall at all enjoying any of them, I was just a nicotine addict, and gave little thought to taste. Indeed I have heard it said that if cigarette smokers smoked for taste they would never get past their first one.About five years ago I had gotten to the point that I was really scared how cigarettes were controlling my life, and I turned to pipe smoking as a way to get off them. The big problem was I was still looking at pipes as a tool to get nicotine from, and as a result I could not smoke without roasting my mouth off. So I was back on the cigs again.In a last ditch effort to stop I bought a nicotine nasal spray. It worked a treat and with it I was able to stop smoking quite easily, however cost was a big problem with the nicotine spray. I had heard of snuff, knew it was tobacco and hence came to the conclusion that it might provide me with enough nicotine to wean me off cigarettes without busting the bank.I did a bit of Internet research and came across Griff's web site and his advice on how to use snuff to give up cigarettes.I never looked back after that and have been ciggie free ever since. There are times when I do not use any tobacco products at all, but now when I do I really do so for flavour and taste and not as a means of quenching a drug addiction. I have even revisited pipe smoking, and on many nights will enjoy a bowl of tobacco while reading a book. Some evenings I will take a pinch of snuff instead, and on others nothing at all.I now look upon tobacco as one of life’s little pleasures much similar to an occasional glass of wine. In addition being a non drinker and non gambler an occasional pinch of snuff or the odd bowl of tobacco are my only vices now I am pleased to say.

17. I once heard a smoking cessation author (Alan Carr?) liken the 'pleasure' of cigarettes to that of taking off a pair of ill fitting shoes that are hurting you; i.e. simple relief that we condition ourselves to equate to pleasure. Remember your first cigarette - it made you feel nauseous and tasted dreadful. On this argument no smoker has ever really enjoyed a single cigarette, anytime, anyplace; but the conditioning is massively powerful. I'm not sure how much I agree with this because I still have the odd cigarette and still think I enjoy that occasional cigarette, but it’s an interesting point I think.

18. Ok all, I am doing a daredevil move here and have these last 29 ciggie I have at my disposal be my last. Just can’t see myself shelling out the dough for more cigs after these, not with this huge stash of snuff I have.Wish me luck!

19. Grace, I found that once you make the decision to quit and really mean it the battle is won. I now enjoy my little indulgences, I can never really remember enjoying any cigarettes. I now cannot even picture myself smoking a cigarette, and I hate the smell, they don't half stink!Best of luck

20. Grace, you can do it!Just hold off as long as you can, until you get twitchy, then take a few pinches, it will set you right.I used to smoke cigarettes, for over 20 years. I quit, and told myself I hated them, but at times, the urge became strong. One smoke and I was back on the hook. Terrible. I remember buying a pack of smokes, guiltily, then smoking 5 or 6 in a chain, then throw the pack out the car window. Only to do it again. And again. I can't count the number of times I've quit.

21. Finally got a few years smoke free under my belt, and then took a liking to cigars. Too expensive. Then started roll-ups, because sometimes there was no time to commit to a cigar...ah, slipping down the slope again. I decided to try the pipe. I still like the pipe, it's a very nice way to smoke, and is acceptable to my wife. In fact I am allowed to puff (non-"stinky" blends) indoors. Some pipe blends are quite satisfying in terms of nicotine, but the delivery is very slow. I still find pipe smoking very relaxing and good. I found out about snuff through the pipe forums. I thought: "That's crazy! People still do that??" I had to find out more, and then found this forum. Here I learned a lot about snuffs and flavours, met lots of nice people and now NO urge for cigarettes or roll-ups. Been 3 days since I finished off those last smokes! Have not been on computer for those three days as that isa "trigger" for the "bending of the elbow" Feeling pretty good now however, and enjoying being around people and not having to worry if I offend them by smoking!

22. It’ll get easier. I quit the death sticks with snuff. In my case it was instant because by that point I desired the nicotine far more then the cigs because I was coughing up the nasty. My fav part of quitting is that everything of mine does not reek and taste and smell again. Pretty soon your foods will be much tastier then before.

23. I've been a pipe & cigar smoker for years. My wife is veryanti-smoking so, no smoking in the house. I started using snuff so Icould partake in tobacco without smoking. It turns out I enjoy thesnuff so much, it has really cut down on my pipe/cigar smokingalthough I don't see me quitting completely.

24. I began snuffing off and on back in '99 while I was smoking and dipping. I hadno intentions on quitting any of it at that time. So during that time I wasenjoying snuff for the sake of it. At one time I was utilizing nicotine in everyway that I knew.>>I then realized I could use snuff to get rid of my cig habit which I was tiringof. I am now back to snuff for the sake of enjoying it.

25. I just recently switched from smoking and using chewing tobacco to snuff

26. To me, the effect is somewhat lower but moreimmediate. I also take Swedish snus to round out mynicotine cravings (3 months and 1 week without acigarette today!)

27. I've quit smoking with just snuff. Just recently I ran across a page about snuff while browsing the web and I remembered that I had tried snuff years ago and didn't like it. Now, I love the stuff and haven't been smoking at all for about the last week! You can do it...just have a pinch whenever you get a craving and keep having pinches until the caving goes away.

28. I am still committed to quitting and have found for me the only real alternative is a good snuff.

29. I sat down one day and carefully thought about what I was doing and how I was probably killing myself with a habit which I was coming to thoroughly hate. However I had gone through the hell of giving up many times and had considered that I would never succeed at all. However I was going to give snuff a try since patches, gum etc all had failed, I even started smoking while eating filthy nicotine gum. I was determined to replace a foul stinking habit with maybe one I would enjoy. To cut a long story short, every time I felt like a cigarette I took a pinch of snuff which gave me probably as much nicotine as a cigarette seemed to give, but in a more acceptable way. My first little tin of Snuff lasted almost a week. Compared to a 105 pack of 4mg gum which would last three days, maybe even less?

30. Eventually I even reduced my snuff intake drastically as my nicotine tolerance decreased. Yes I noted that I was beginning to need less and less snuff until I was using it occasionally as a pleasure, not a habit.

31. What I can say is I was a very heavy smoker and once I stopped I found snuff was the answer to a prayer. I use to wake up coughing and had a permanent wheeze and could no longer get a full compliment of air into my lungs. Snuff was the answer and I used it by the bucket load in those first few days of stopping smoking. Today I have no problem whatsoever regarding wheezing and difficulty in drawing breath, except, of course, when my nose is overly congested with snuff!!

32. Going on my third day now and I am learning the snuff. It seems that itdoes not completely stop the craving for a cig. at least for me, sofar, but it has helped to reduce the craving intensity and duration.

33. I didn't expect it to make me quit overnight, but already I'm able toresist the urge to smoke pretty well.

34. To be quite honest about it, my next goal having got off cigarettes> and pipe is to try and stop snuffing as well!! However if I do not> get there and end up using it occasionally it will not break my> heart, as the health problems of smoking are I feel much greater.

35. In my reply to that post I responded by stating how through the use> of nasal snuff I have gone from being a cigarette chain smoker to> using snuff just a few times per day.

36. I was a heavy smoker for about 20 years, more than 10 of those smoking unfiltered hand rolled cigarettes. I've quit with a combination of nasal snuff and Swedish snus...last cigarette was about a year and a half ago.

37. I read “Any ex-smokers?” But as I stated in my introduction I’m new and ended up at this forum for a different reason. I know absolutely nothing about snuff. What I did not get from the discussion “Any ex-smokers?” Are you putting a pinch in your mouth or are people stopping by sniffing snuff? Which method of using snuff is preferred and why did you pick the method you use? I’m in the US so I do not know even what brand to try. Being a woman I’m not sure I’d like spitting it out if it’s like chew tobacco. Any advice is welcomed. I’m tired of smoking, can not use the patch, Chantex pill cost to much.

38. I stopped smoking a few years back very easily using snuff, but I think the two most important things are, or at least for me were:-(1) you really got to want to stop smoking. If you are only partially motivated you will fail.(2) Only use snuff when you are really craving for a cigarette.It might be a bit hard the first week or so, also it depends on why you smoke.I smoked not for social reasons, not for hand mouth occupation, but because I was a nicotine 'Junkie'. I hated the foul taste and smell of cigs, but had to put up with it to get my fix. Now if I smell them I want to vomit!I really did not give a damn how I got nicotine, from gum, cigs; pipe anything as long as I got nicotine. As a result I think this made it real easy for me as snuff can give as much and even more nicotine than cigarette smoking.Eventually your nicotine tolerance will fall drastically. Can I also suggest that you try using either a Plain tobacco snuff or an SP type? These are probably more to the liking of ex cig smokers rather than the floral or fruit flavoured snuffs which personally I hate. You might also steer away from heavily mentholated types also as they can be kind of rough on the nose.If you don't take snuff initially just when you really want a smoke, you will likely become a chain snuffer, as well as a cigarette smoker, ending up with two nicotine habits.I would suggest you try Toque Original or Natural, or some type of SP such as Tom Buck or McChrytals S'nuff.For what it's worth I went from smoking 40+ a day, to now using a pinch of snuff every 2-3 hours. Some days I don't start till after mid-day. I very occasionally will enjoy a bowl of pipe tobacco for relaxation.I understand that American snuff is quite different from European snuff. European snuff is not (normally) taken orally. I tried sniffing American Levi Garrett snuff once and near blew my brains out! It was a rough experience indeed.Good luck and I am sure others will have found a different experience.I truly believe the secret to really enjoying snuff is with moderate use.

39. Yup, I QUIT!Smoking, that is.Three days with a nasty stomach virus and I haven't lit up since.Still doing' snuff Bet youBut I am not lighting-up no more.

40. Good job MM, since I quit over a year ago (I was a 25 year smoker) I cannot stand the smell of them anymore. Pipes and cigars I don't mind, but cigarettes just smell awful now. Anyways, hope you stick with it, good luck!

41. My favourite thing about not smoking cigarettes anymore is the fact that when I run my lungs don't feel all firey. That rocks plus the actually being able to smell things and plus the ladies find it sexy when a man doesn't get all wheezy when he excerpts himself. Cigarettes suck.

42. I stopped smoking 5 weeks ago, with the help of snuff and without problems, after smoking 40 cigarettesdaily for 25 years. It’s wonderful to see how much better I m feeling now after just 5 weeks, I can breathedeeply again :)

43. I've stopped totally now thanks to snuff, had a relapse a couple of weeks ago but I don't enjoy smoking, I don't like it and I'm sick of getting piss wet through and frozen while on a night out, because you can't smoke anywhere. Well done MM!Hi mountain man, haven’t seen u around for a while. Congrats on quitting. stick to it and whenever u get an urge to smoke take an extra large pinch of the good stuff

44. I used snuff to quit smoking though and I have found it to work wonders. Not only did it take my cravings away for cigs, but I actually enjoyed it. It took away that need to smoke even though I hated to smoke, just purely out of addiction, and allowed me to start really enjoying tobacco. It is nice that I can call it a hobby now instead of an addiction : )


45. Though I actually quit by using the patch for 4 weeks and then treated myself to snuff I would say that to be successful you could use snuff in place of the patch. Use the snuff and don't smoke at all anymore, no excuses. I haven't smoked cigarettes in a few months now and have no desire to, and that's after a pack a day for nearly 25 years. I also calculated how much I'd save in 4 months at $4-5 a day and went and spent the money. Basically a guilt trip on myself. If I spent one dime on cigarettes now I'd feel like a fool for spending the money.

46. For me, since I had been trying by using nrt, even though I was never 100% successful with that, I think that it sort of prepared me. Granted I have only been snuffing for a couple of weeks, but other than the first few days, I have not smoked at all nor had the craving to at all. I just remember how much I HATED to smoke. I hated myself every time I lit one, and I love to snuff so it makes it easy.

47. I smoked for years but always loved snuff and snuff boxes etc; in July 2007 in the UK it became illegal to smoke in most public places, so just switched. I was surprised that snuff really does take away the cravings - I'd not noticed this before because I hadn't used it in this way before. I've probably smoked less than 20 cigarettes since July. I will always have the odd lapse (in fact I fully intend to) but snuff more than compensates day to day, plus there is an interesting culture, different types to try, beautiful snuff boxes, whereas cigarettes are not much more than an addiction with maybe a bit of fading glamour/nostalgia for the over 40s like me! Snuffs the way forward I think, cheers, Nigel

48. I completely agree with your last post. It has been less than a week now that I have been using snuff. I was smoking about a pack a day. Well, I bought a fresh pack Monday morning and I've only smoked 9 of them so far. I have been training myself to use snuff in place of the cigs every time I get the urge to smoke. Yesterday I only smoked 1. Today I'm shooting for zero. I would also like to point out that I have been smoking for 14 years.

49. I had a 40 cigarettes per day habit. Here's how I moved over to snuff from ciggies.Firstly, try to make it not a 'hard' and final decision. Psychologically it's easier to say to yourself I can smoke whenever I want, but I want snuff...Start replacing a cigarette with a pinch. Every time you fancy a smoke have a pinch instead. If you have a cigarette don't sweat it, just realise that it was your choice to get your nicotine fix from a smoke that time rather than from a pinch of snuff... Then go back to having a pinch every time you have a craving.Rinse and repeat, if you falter, get up; dust yourself down, start again.It's all a double bluff I realise, but speaking as someone who's tried every kind of NRT from patches, spray, gum to hypnotism and finally holding metal balls and having positive energy charged through me... (No joke!) Etc, and failed - snuff can be your saviour!Snuff is better I think than NRT because you have the paraphernalia... You have a snuff box, or a bullet and all the bits and pieces that go with it. There's a ritual like with smoking... You have ‘tobacco’; you still get a nicotine hit. You're still slightly 'naughty'...!When you decide, you decide. Do it for you and for no one else, unless you really don't want to stop... I gave up for all kinds of people, but giving up because it was my decision was the one that worked.You can then become a person who uses snuff to get their nicotine hit, but has the odd occasional cigar, pipe, cigarette if you want - that's a nice feeling!I still smoke, but smoke when I want to, not the other way round. Do I want to stand outside the pub smoking in the freezing rain, or sit in the warm with my pint and snuff box...? Easy question!Best of luck and keep us updated.

50. Both my brother and my best friend (of 30 years...jeeze) gave up with snuff. Exactly as Nosebag described.... that's how they both see it. The reason snuff tends to work where other NRT does not is because of the super-fast uptake which is only marginally behind cigs (we are talking mere seconds, to at most 50 seconds difference); the hit is nice and hard and it takes a little longer to fade because of the residual effect of the snuff sitting in your nose. The paraphernalia and ritual is a good point to....personally I find myself rolling my wee tin around quite a lot; tapping the top; wee shake; another wee tap; slowly twist the lid in eager anticipation.....first little whiff (if new) then a good old pinch right into the schnozzle. If I remember to, I deliberately smile (if I am not already for some reason). I don't know why but that increases the pleasure and effect considerably for me.The key I am told and worth repeating in agreement with nosebag is: as soon as you want to smoke, snuff. Smile wait for one minute and chances are you will not want to smoke any more.

51. I just spent Thanksgiving with some relies in Chicago. The parents of my brother in law are both former smokers: the lady went cold turkey and the gent has switched to pipe. I showed them a couple of snuffs I just happened to have in my pooch and it was very interesting to see the gradual change from 'you're kidding...up your nose?' to 'this is great, do you mind leaving it with us'. I sent them a pretty decent care package today; I only left them two tins so I figured they would need more soon.The lady has some back problems for which she is taking some serious meds....di-something or other. It makes her feel queasy and low-energy. Snuff cured that! That was her reasoning why I had to leave my stash behind. She tells me, that while she hated to do it, there was no way I was taking them with me because she needs them more than I do! (All with a smile of course). It was a lot of fun.Point is, had they had snuff available to them when they were giving up the smokes, I'll bet they would have had a much easier time.

52. Hello. I was amazed of how easy it was for me to switch from heavy chain-smoking at least 20-30 cigarettes a day to snuff! I felt a bit uneasy for perhaps a day or two, and now at least two months later I never even think of lighting up! As a matter of fact I have been shaking my head occasionally thinking "why didn't I do this years ago?" I absolutely love the history, the culture and the ritual of snuff taking. I have a substantial collection of snuff boxes, and have been fascinated by snuff for years, before finally taking the step to switch over completely. At work it is a blessing never to have to steal time for a smoke break and at home - no ashtrays stinking. I can sit anywhere in restaurants, trains - theatres. It is so much better and today I wouldn't dream of buying a pack of cigarettes. And I smoked since I was 13 years old - that is for 31 years!! So - snuff out the ciggies and join the wonderful world of snuff :o)

53. I am doing pretty well giving up the cigarettes and snuffing instead. I wont pretend I don’t have any, some days I snuff only but as there have been a few Christmas parties recently, I sometimes end up on the cigarettes after a few drinks. I think I’m probably down from 15-20 a day to maybe 10 per week. I think this will stop all together eventually. Snuffing is so much nicer, though I do have a tendency to over do it!

54. I smoke when I'm at work in the pub, (I'm a barman as well as running my own business. Luckily I hope to finish in pubs after 5 years in February), just to skive off for 5 minutes no other reason. Hey I'm a lazy sod lol. I now only smoke abut 10 a week though rather than 20 a day.

55. It took awhile for me to quit smoking cigs mainly because I couldn't really do snuff at work for a while.

56. When I started snuff it wasn't to quit smoking. Although I wanted to quit, I didn't choose snuff as a method of doing so. So at first I did both, even though I didn't crave cigarettes as much I would still smoke because for me it was normal to smoke. After a little while I just didn't smoke as much and that’s when I decided to quit. So I just kept from smoking as much as possible, and had a cigarette whenever I really needed one. Now it’s been a few months and I still have the occasional cigarette but I don't let it bother me. I went from smoking a pack a day to on a bad day having two smokes. Most days none at all. The only thing I can say is Snuff is perfect for helping quit, and being much healthier for you why not?

57. I stopped very heavy smoking after 27 years 3 months ago, with the help of snuff. I used very big quantities of snuff during the first weeks. This has changed now; I still use relatively much snuff, but largely for fun. I never had any abstinence symptoms. I maybe had a problem with my immune system; a mycotic infection that was not treatable for some weeks, but things like that can happen if you stop smoking. Maybe the question is if you can use enough snuff during your working time.

58. I've lapsed a bit this week - a real stressful time at work and I ended up smoking a few cigs, what the hell? I'm back on to the Toque now and feeling better already. As I said before, don't beat yourself up if you do lapse. We can feel really guilty when we do that but its not important and its our life not someone else’s - because people can be really judgmental when they hear you've had a lapse - its winning the war that counts, so loosing a couple of battles is not important, I'm just saying this because you are in the danger zone at 2 days.My attitude is - I will always have the odd cigarette and I accept that about myself but most of the time I am a snuffer. At 44 (nearly!) and after smoking for over 20 years, heavily, I am happy with that.

59. I've made it 2 days now. I did sleep better last night. This morning was sick, but I really believe that's from all the junk food I ate last night. I just couldn't stop eating. Tonight is a little better when it comes to eating junk.

60. The health fanatics and governments just can't believe snuff has no real danger attached to it. I hate the way that they invade our private lives by deciding what is good for us.

61. I just couldn't believe how much snuff helped. I'd tried patches and gum, the works, but snuff really does hit the spot when you want a smoke, you just kind of need to adjust your mind to it. After all, it’s the same product just being used in a different way.Just one thing about quitting though, if you do slip up don't beat yourself up. I’ve got down from a pack and a half a day to one or two a week (usually someone else’s) I don't think that’s too unacceptable and I’ve been doing it since the UK smoking ban came in nearly a year ago so I'm thinking its a pretty permanent state of affairs in the sense that I don't think I'm in any danger of my cigarette intake creeping up, because snuff has taken over to such a large extent and I actually enjoy snuffing. With cigarettes I was only ever feeding a habit, not really liking them. However, I’ve just got to admit that every once in a while I just like that major hit that a cig gives you. I calculate that I've had about a hundred cigs since July 07, which as a 43 year old confirmed heavy smoker I am really pleased about.

62. I didn't even try to quit smoking I just found my self going more and more smokeless and having less and less cigarettes as I went on. I would just find myself having more times where I'd think man I want a pinch of snuff. So you guys got the cat in the bag already in my opinion. If it happens with out trying will just make it happen faster and be slightly more of an ordeal.

63. I quit the death sticks with snuff. In my case it was instant because by that point I desired the nicotine far more then the cigs because I was coughing up the nasty. My fav part of quitting is that everything of mine does not reek and taste and smell again. Pretty soon you're foods will be much tastier then before.

64. Been 3 days since I finished off those last smokes! Have not been on computer for those three days as that is a "trigger" for the "bending of the elbow" Feeling pretty good now however, and enjoying being around people and not having to worry if I offend them by smoking!

65. I was a cigarette junkie virtually, and smoked like a chimney, and yet had no problems switching to snuff, because I felt disgusted with my cough, the smelly ash trays and the trouble of always having to step outside for a cigarette when away from home. All in all - the culture of smoking became like a warzone instead of a joy of smoking tobacco. Nowadays I feel completely liberated from all the "noise" that is around smoking, and can enjoy wonderful tobacco anywhere, anytime I want. I am extremely happy to have made the switch.

66. Quit cigs instantly as well. Ermm... I’m not sure when 7 or 8 months? Maybe 6? I dunno.

67. It's funny, when I first started this habit, I assumed I would find 4 or so favorites and stick to those. Now I find that reading reviews, deciding what to order, ordering, waiting for the order and trying all the new flavors is at least half the fun. I even keep up to date on this forum on my iphone while I'm working. I really can’t express how happy I am that I quit smoking with snuff. I tried so many other ways with NO success. Without this forum I probably would have lost interest and returned to smoking.

68. I have taken snuff everyday, all day, for the last 4 months since I stopped smoking. I have noticed an improvement in my respiratory health and therefore my overall fitness. Some of the darker snuffs can give you a moustache though. How many pinches a day? Never counted, but I get through about 1-2g per day.


69. Standard NRT didn't touch my smoking habit, but I kicked it with snuff in a few weeks for the most part, thanks to Toque.

70. I've quit smoking on 14th of February 2007 and I never want to touch a ciggie again. You just stick around and you will be rid of that bad habit for ever!!

71. But hey since I just started snuffing I have managed to go from 20 cigarettes a day to 2-3 a day....So thank you all for having this community I think I might be able to save my lungs after all.

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72. It's funny, when I first started this habbit, I assumed I would find 4 or so favorites and stick to those. Now I find that reading reviews, deciding what to order, ordering, waiting for the order and trying all the new flavors is at least half the fun. I even keep up to date on this forum on my Iphone while I'm working. I really cant express how happy I am that I quit smoking with snuff. I tried so many other ways with NO success. Without this forum I probably would have lost interest and returned to smoking

73. Standard NRT didn't touch my smoking habit, but I kicked it with snuff in a few weeks for the most part, thanks to Toque.

74. I never realized that quitting smoking could be so much fun!