I'm from rural West Virginia, so I know QUITE a few people that dip from all walks of life.
I don't really dip anymore, but I did for quite some time. I tried it, mostly because I was curious as to why in the hell people would even do it (I thought it was pretty nasty). Once I found out that it could give me a buzz again (I was pretty jaded, being a smoker) I decided to do it every now-and-then when I was around a certain crowd or wasn't able to smoke. Once I moved back in with my parents, it became a lot more often, since I wasn't able to get out to smoke as often as I'd like. I ended up moving entirely to snuff for a few months, but I've since quit.
Honestly, it's a bad choice. It can fuck up your teeth, your gums, your health...hell, it can even kill you. But I'll be damned if that cherry long-cut Skoal isn't one of the most delicious things I ever tried.
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