Smokeless Tobacco General

Do you dip, lain? Use smokeless tobacco? Got a lip full of dip while reading this? Got an ex who dipped, and now you're disgusted by the practice? (Hey, me too, for a little while!) Tried it once in high school, got really sick, and never did it again? (Hint: You're supposed to spit!) Got a favorite brand/blend you want to share? Whatever your experiences with dipping tobacco are, or just smokeless tobacco in general, this is the thread to share them. I started with Skoal long-cut Apple (in fact, I've only ever used long-cut dips) after I had to ask an ex of mine to refrain from smoking around me for a little while while I was recovering from a cold and asthma issues. They responded by switching to dipping tobacco (I had no clue what it even was at the time), and offered me some. The first lip of dip I ever packed, I nearly kicked a friend of mine in the head out of pure joy. I mean, I was literally jumping around and soykaf. The headrush was intense, unlike anything I'd ever felt. A note to any beginners looking to try it out: Don't start with Grizzly or Copenhagen. Start out with something like Skoal, as it has less nicotine and you'll need to work your way up. And, if you don't know how to use dipping tobacco altogether, look it up on WikiHow. Get something long-cut. And, yeah, smokeless tobacco general. I don't have much experience with any smokeless tobacco products outside of dip, myself.

I've been a smoker for about 6 years now and I love alternative nicotine intake methods but I have never tried any smokeless tobacco. Gum and patches are cool when you want/need a nic fix at work / in the hospital etc etc. Vaping freebase nicotine is great when you're sitting around the house, probably comparable to dipping tobacco in that it's a slow build up of nicotine in the system rather than a huge rush. If there was anything I could see myself getting into it would be snuff.

>>973 Bought some General snus the other day to try because I was looking for something new. I've never used any smokeless tobacco before and was it quite something. I felt really good for the first 15 minutes and I proceeded to feel like dying. I'm under the impression you don't have to spit with snus, so maybe it's just because it was my first time trying it. Any thoughts? I really liked it at the start, but if I'm going to feel like that after I'll have to forget about it in the future.

>>1022 you probably OD'd on nic. That happens a lot to people who've never dipped (or snused?) before. It has way more nic over a longer period than cigarettes do. Usually you'd use less dip, but with snus I guess the only option would be to take the pouch out, which might be kinda gross.

>>1025 I never even considered that as I've had other forms of nicotine before, but doing a quick search a lot of the symptoms match. That' almost surely what happened. Next time I just won't use it for so long, and I'll see how it goes.

>>1027 I got mild nicotine poisoning from the chewing gum once. I had no money for smokes that week and my friend worked at a pharmacy that was throwing a bunch of stuff away so he brought me this gum. I didn't read the instructions. Just sweaty and nauseous for a while.