PAGES Why I Created
this Site First and foremost - I
really enjoy snuff. It is that
simple. I just really like
it. It makes me happy. It
calms me. It brings me into focus.
When I started
this website in 2015, I was
fairly new to regularly taking
snuff. While snuff was
at one time the most common
way of enjoying tobacco, today
it is somewhat obscure.
It exists and thrives as an
odd sub-culture on the fringe
of popular culture. For
those that might be
interested, I thought I would
share how I became a
snuff-taker. It was a strange
container, and I don't see anything like
it on the market today. The snuff
was in a tall thin yellow plastic box
with printing on the outside. Chad
was pretty excited that he had this
forbidden material, and without any idea
of how to use it, he snorted huge
amounts of the stuff up his nose.
His face turned red, his eyes watered
and blinked, and he was clearly in
pain. He put so much of it up his
nose, that brown liquid ran out his
nose. Watching him misuse the
snuff was a horrifying experience
actually, and I have to image that Chad
never used snuff again! Back in 2008, I first
tried snuff. I was at a German
restaurant in Minneapolis, MN...and
after your meal every guest was given a
shot of apple schnapps and offered a
pinch of Pöschl snuff. If I
remember correctly, it was their Ozona
cherry or raspberry snuff. They
fired two little piles
of snuff up my nose using a
snapping snuff-board contraption,
and I remember the cool of the menthol
mixed with the rich fruity flavor.
It was great. I went to the
restaurant manager and asked to buy a
little tin of snuff, and he was happy to
sell me a tin of Pöschl cherry snuff. I didn't become a regular
snuff user that night though. Over
the years, I would indulge some snuff
after a beer or while camping.
But, it wasn't a daily or even a weekly
activity for me. It was something
I did for fun now and again. My
tobacco habit was all about cigars,
chewing tobacco, and snus...and snuff
was just a diversion. Taking our story forward a
number of years, I was in a tobacco
store iin 2015 and saw a 30g can of W.E.
Garrett's Scotch Sweet snuff on the
shelf. It was huge compared to my
little tin of Pöschl snuff. I
wasn't even aware that American snuff
existed, and I was intrigued.
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Secondly, I wanted to build a website
that would help other people who enjoy
snuff learn more about it. A place
I could archive books, videos, and other
materials on the topic of snuff
tobacco. I enjoy building websites
about topics in which I'm interested,
and the topic of tobacco and snuff
tobacco are interesting to me.
Back in the early
1980's on my school bus, a kid
named Chad had somehow come into
possession of a box of snuff
tobacco.
I bought the can, opened it, pinched a bit, and sniffed some up both nostrils. American scotch snuffs are a very fine powder and they deliver quite a bit of nicotine. Warmth spread across my face, I felt a warm pleasent burning, and then the scent of the sweet snuff stayed in my nose for several minutes. I was hooked.
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Since then, I've tried more American snuffs, English snuffs, German snuffs, Indian Snuffs, and I've become consumed with the whole topic of snuff. I've read books about tobacco and snuff. I've begun participating on snuff online message boards. I've shared what I know so far with friends that are interested in snuff, and I started the Modern Snuff website. Why did I create this website? Because nasal snuff is the safest, cleanest, and most pleasent ways to enjoy tobacco. Because I believe snuff is a less-dangerous alternative to smoking and chewing tobacco. Because I believe those who discover snuff and are interested in snuff deserve a user-friendly non-commercial on-line resource to further their understanding and enjoyment of snuff. If you have any suggestions
regarding this website or you have
resources you believe would make good
additions to this website,
please feel free to contact me.
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