All the answers are going to be given in my own words and opinions. Some people may feel different about a few of my answers but this is how I feel.
A. Well Swedish Snus is a form of tobacco that comes in a loose (los) or portion that is spitless and smokeless. And from research I have done about 90% safer than cigaretts or dipping.
Q. What is a portion snus?
A. Well a portion snus is finley ground tobacco and flavors put inside a little pouch made out of the same material as a tea bag. The most common size contains 8mg of nicotine.
Q. What is the loose snus?
A. Well loose snus is pretty much the same as the portion snus except it isn't in little pouches. It is loose in the can just like american dip.
Q. What is the difference between a White portion and an original portion.
A. Well a white portion is a dryer portion that usually takes a little longer for you to get flavor out of the snus but the flavor lasts longer.
The original portion is almost the same as a white portion except at the end of the production line it is sprayed with a tobacco juice to make it more moist. This causes them to give flavor much quicker but they also don't last quite as long as a white portion.
The two also use a little different porton material. The white to me is a little more rough than the original portion.
Q. There is so many different flavors what should I try first?
A. This is one hard to answer becasue it all depends on what you like. The best thing to do is read all the reviews of all the ones that catch your interest and pick from there. Forums are also very good places to go many snusers will be glad to help guide you. And you could always ask me here on my blog and I will be glad to help you decide on a good first order.
If you like just a pure tobacco flavor and you are new to snus I suggest Ettan.
If you are more inclined to try a flavored snus first I suggest getting the general Mint mini or General wintergreen.
General original portions is the number one selling snus out of all of them so you can always start there.
Q. The smell is pretty awful do you really put that in your mouth?
A. Yes and most snusers agree don't smell the snus when you are new to it. It taste nothing like it taste for most of them. I have however written a post on snus I think is okay for a snubie to smell you can find that post on this blog.
Q. Where should I place the snus?
A. The upper lip is where you should be placing the snus, this makes it juice up much less therefore no reason to spit.
Q. Why am I not getting much flavor from the snus?
A. Well if you used to smoke it can take about a week for your taste buds to get back to where they can taste all the flavors. If you were not a smoker the portions could be a little to dry and you can place the portion on your tounge first to pre wet it a little before placing it in your lip.
Q. What is your Favorite Snus?
A. Personally right now Thunder Frosted is my favorite snus. It has a lot of nicotine and the flavor lasts and lasts and lasts.
Q. How many portions do you use a day?
A. I use between 4 and 8 portions a day. If I use just thunder frosted probably 4 a day becasue of how much nicotine is in it. If i use regular 8 mg portions i may use 8 a day.
Q. What is the difference between a mini portion and a regular portion.
A. A mini portion for the most part has a lower level of nicotine on average 4-6mg of nicotine vs the 8 of an original portion. However I must note that V2 tobacoo is releasing a mini of there Thunder Frosted which is going to contain 8mg of nicotine.
Q. Where can I find more info about snus?
A. There is some links on the top right of this blog that should contain all the information you could want. If those links don't have all the info you are looking for than I suggest a google search.
Hmm well those are all the question I can think of at the moment if I can make another list up I will have a part 2 of FAQ. If you have any other question you would like to know an answer to just ask and I will get you an answer.
And as always
Keep on snusing.
