Comment by michaelwww
12 years ago
Snus is an awesome alternative to smoking. I've tried chew and nicotine lozenges, but snus is a happy medium. I've come up with a way to get off nicotine, which I do from time to time: dissolve about 8 nicotine lozenges in a bottle of water. Take a sip when craving hits. The craving goes away immediately. ymmv.
So, you get off nicotine by going on nicotine?
I believe it's called "tapering off" The cravings go away as the dosage goes down, since a sip isn't enough to increase or maintain tolerance.
Actually, nicotine has a rather short half-life of about 2 hours [1], which means even smaller doses quickly restore it close to previous levels. So in essence, tapering off is like going through many shorter withdrawals (doesn't sound scary but its actually a bit of a torture compared to quitting cold turkey).
[1]: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/m/a/u/mau01c00/...
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Smoking addiction combines both chemical addiction and a very peculiar habit. It is hard to break both at the same time; so best practice for quitting is to first drop smoking as a habit (while not touching nicotine addiction, replacing it with another nicotine source) and only afterwards working on the actual stuff.
Thunder Extra Strong is a snus with no flavor and a high nicotine count.
Just passing it along since I tried 5-10 brands before settling on Thunder. To each their own.
> Snus is an awesome alternative to smoking.
Doesn't it cause oral cancer?
The package has a warning that it can cause gum disease and tooth loss. It's not as bad as smoking in my opinion.