knots

is there anybody out here that dips, or chews tobacco... i'm just curious here..

skier

my roomate does it every so often... I find the smell horrible and have to leave the room when he's doing it.

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Lebell

HOOOboy,

I'll just say no.

If I have a choice, I almost prefer to be around smokers.

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gnort

Last summer I had a few friends who were really into it.

Since I've moved to college I see alot more people walking around the hall carrying their dip bottles...disgusting.

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theguyondacouch

Nope. I don't know anyone who does either. But, I am the only person in my group of freinds who doesn't smoke cigs. I do however enjoy a fine cigar every now and then

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tisonlyi

There's a strange nordic/eastern european thing of putting tobacco filled pouches up between you lip and your gum, giving you a speed-like rush so i'm told.

How do you think that up?

"'ere, Nigel, I just had a f'kin' brainwave... get me them tea bags... and those 20 king size. Fuck, this is gonna be HUGE!"

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World's King

I smoke. If I chewed and smoked at the same time I would die.


That and mouth cancer is gross. I prefer my good ol' lung cancer.

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Fenton-J-Cool

What exactly does 'dipping' and dip bottles mean?

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ToiletDuck

LOL!! youve never had the experiance of someone spitting a brown liquid into an clear container for the world to see??

My buddy dips, but he uses a pop can of some sort to hide is juice.

Boo

IMO - As nasty as smoking. I know more people with health problems due to smoking, but a few chewers had some nasty oral surgery. One of them got a henious infection because he dipped on the way home from the dentist. The dentist got repremanded for not briefing him about tobacco before the surgery.

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Prince

As disgusting as smoking. Didn't know it was called dipping, though. Each to their own, I guess.

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Halx

I've known a few people who were into the habit. In a way, I consider it FAR more disgusting than smoking. I won't say 'eww gross' .. I just wont talk to you.

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iamnormal

I believe here in the US we use snuff for dipping. Snuffing is not popular here as in other places in the world so we call it dip.

People who chew or dip spit because if they swallow the spit they may get a over dose of nicotine and become nauseous and puke.

Hanxter

photographs of oral cancer caused by chewing tobacco

Regziever

Umm.. I think you are talking about Snus, It is grilled tobacco and comes either loose like a grainiy moist powder or in pouches that you put under your (usualy) upper lip.
It does not give you any speedlike rush at all, it is still the same nicotine rush you get from smoking. Although in higher dosage than from inhaling tobbaco smoke. In essence it is still just tobbaco.
It tastes pretty odd and it takes some time getting used to, but once your'e in the addiction is stronger than from smoking.

There are many myths that the anti tobbacu movements here in Sweden have spread about it like, it is filled with shards of glass, there is arsenic added to it etc. but most of it is just FUD-tactics.
There has even been claims that it causes mouth cancer like chewing tobbaco but in the 20 or so years there have been reaserch on it not one single scrap of evidence supports that claim.
By Swedish doctors it is called the "better of two evils" as Snus doesn't affect your physical preformance like smoking does and there is no proof that it can cause cancer.

Though in my opinion, tobbaco in all its forms are a plague upon mankind and shoud be forbidden before any more kids becomes slaves under it.

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lurkette

My uncle used to chew snoose (dono how you spell it) and spit into a soda can in his car. One time my aunt was driving his car and thought a swig of pepsi would hit the spot....

She turned such a shade of green. That was the end of chewing.

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Kaos

A friend of mine did for about 2 months. If he was stilling "dipping" I would show him those pics Hanxter posted...yikes

knots

yeah those pictures that were posted are defiantely worst case scenerios. i've been dipping for 3 years now,. and i plan to keep dipping for a few more. i am going to quit one day. but as for, it's still the love of my life.

bparker805

I used to dip back in high school. I really enjoyed it but it made my jums and lips burn after a while. It was alos getting to be a very expensive habit. I think a can of Skoal goes for almost $6 nowadays.

Sidenote: I was recently on a scavenger hunt and one of the things on the list was to put an entire can of Skoal in my mouth. NO heitation whatsoever. Wintergreen long cut straight to the mouth. And that was not the strangest thing on the list.

jay-g

I have done it before. I think its harder to quit dipping over quitting cigerettes. Plus in my experience, the buzz was alot stronger. Its just gross, i mean, spitting into something for 1/2 hr. Wow, thats nice.

tangledweb

I have been around people who have dipped my entire life. I tried Copenhagen one August afternoon while cutting grass and it knocked me off my skids for about half an hour.

The guy who got me to try it had oral surgery to try and keep his bottom teeth but he still lost them in the end. It seems the tobacco ate his gums away and he could just push his lower teeth out.

Nasty, Nasty stuff. I wouldn't touch it on a bet.

bermuDa

a big no thanks to tobacco. I've never chewed and don't intend to try it. I've had a cigar on special occasions but more for the taste than anything else.

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Elmo123abc

I chew about a can of Skoal stright a DAY in the summer when i ride four wheelers and dirt bikes with my friends. ive cut down a lot with the cold weather but now its geting warmer and im out side more im start to pick it back up more :-/

copenhagen

As you can tell by my name I dip. Now after reading this thread I feel like the nastiest person on the planet, lol, but I started in high school and it just grabbed a hold of me. Tried quitting numerous times but it just didn’t work out.

animosity

ive only known 1 person that dipped... nastiest person i ever met... i think its an expensive nasty habbit(smoking aswell)

but you people shouldnt care if anyone thinks that it is gross or worry about cancer. you only live once, do what makes u feel good, just dont make me smell your nasty self.

Menoman

Yes I dip, for about a year now. Started in High School, during my study hall a couple of my buddies who always did it in school hooked me up with one so we could do it in the library. It was pretty fuckin sweet the first month or so but now it doesnt do much yet I'm still addicted.

Once in awhile I"ll get the good ole buzz from it. Its definatly more buzz than cigs is. I've been trying to quit for 2-3 months now. I cut back to about 2 cans a week. I was up to 1 can a day at one point.

As for the people who think it "stinks" Honestly you can't smell the shit unless your like 2 inches from my mouth. And anyone respectful is gonna have a bottle you can't see the spit in.

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iamnormal

Try swallowing instead of spitting

hu-man

I only know one person in Copenhagen who dips, and he's from Sweden
We just don't do that here, at all.

Snakebyt

i smoke but if i am out or at a place where i can smoke, ill take a dip or 2 from time to time

water_boy1999

I do. I wish I didn't. Started when I was 9 and am turning 30 this year. I have tried to quit but it is much more difficult than smoking. One "chew" is 3 times as addictive and 10 times as powerful as one cigarette. In July, when I turn 30, I am going to give it my best effort to quit. I have no problems with my lips, gums, or teeth. I have always been extremely carefule and timely when it comes to brushing my teeth so I don't see any bad signs yet......yet.


Wish me luck!

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zxello

Knowing what I know now and seeing pictures / reading information about smoking / dipping etc I dont understand why anyone would ever start, I tried one cigarette in my entire life, took half the cig in one drag and never did it again.

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Good luck, seriously. But why wait till July to quit? Quit now!

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dy156

I feel your pain!!
I've done it for years, and am currently into my second week without it. I've "quit" twice before for more than a couple of months. Hopefully the third time's the charm. I've heard different numbers for a comparison of dip vs. cigarettes, but I think it varies with how big a dip, whether you swallow or not, etc.. Basically, one dip is equal to several cigarettes. Big dips of Copengagen are equal to many cigarettes.

Man, I miss it. I started in High School, because it was rebellious. Through college, I'd do it when studying, out with the guys, or bored in the dorm. It didn't make you smell bad like cigarettes. I'd quit after college, cause I knew I would'nt be drinking like that in the real world, I'd quit dipping too when I grew up. Then law school was alot more stressfull and much more studying. Then I'd quit after I took the bar exam. Talk about stress, I needed it like I've never needed it before! So i took it and quit, until I started worrying about the bar results. And I thought taking the bar was stressful! Sure I "knew" I'd passed, just like everyone else, but there was that nagging creeping fear. I started again. I'd quit when I entered the real world and was a real lawyer. But in the real world, talk about stress?! real money, not grades are on the line! long hours, long car trips, Nights in the office prepping, etc.. Besides, lots of people do it, and I can swallow it if I need to to hide this somewhat embarassing habit.

Well, it was time. I've already gained 5 pounds, and am sick and tired of sunflower seeds, beef jerky, and this crap called "Bacc-off" My mouth hurts more now than it ever did. My skin is crawling, and I really miss it.
It's like saying goodbye to an old friend! I still want the stuff.
It sucks!!

Chingal0

Siding with Hal on this one. I find it 12032183x more disgusting then smoking, and I try not to communicate or hang with smokers. I really think I'm allergic to smoke, and it was hard during highschool 'cause the bong really was appealing but now it's different. I can stand the smell of 'dip' but it's not the most inviting scent, and I could only imagine the disgust of kissing someone who dips. Cigarette smoke is a bad enough flavor to have on the lips, let alone peppermint-menthol-tobacco.

Plus, I like my gums, and teeth, and mouth and everything.

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Holo

Way more gross than smoking. I mean it's like watching someone puke fecal matter in small amounts constantly into a container and carry it around. I'd rather be around smoke anyday.

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cameroncrazy822

It's great! I used to smoke, drink, and dip all at the same time. I was really cool. Ok enough sarcasm. It's a really nasty habit. It get in between your teeth, makes yiour breat smell like hell, and causes mouth and throat cancer. Dippers keep otolaryngeal oncologists in business though. Tip, if doing it, stop.

tehblaed

I think what you're referencing is an ad campaign put out by the Truth organization (www.thetruth.com) called "Shards-o-Glass" (www.shards-o-glass.com). The message behind the ad campaign (which in my opinion, is absolutely wonderful) is that even if a company's product is so outrageously detrimental to your health, and obviously so, they will try to market it as if it's not a big deal at all. Watch the mock commercial they made - genius.

And while tobacco by itself may not contain arsenic, large tobacco companies (including Philip Morris, makers of Marlboro) add a variety of different chemicals proven to cause cancer in laboratory tests. http://www.mnmed.org/publications/Mn...arch/Jones.cfm So, it might as well be arsenic.

zxello

Stay strong Dy156 You have my support!!!!

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rockogre

Alas, it's western Oklahoma, I know women that dip. Several people dip here in the office. You find cups on the desks with wadded up paper towels in them used for spit cups.

You really haven't been repulsed by a women until one spits next to your boots. How anyone could kiss something like that is beyond me.

(Spitting ON your boots is still a hanging offense in these parts I believe).

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odu_sonar_AE

I used to for a time while I was in the Army (hey, everybody else does it, so it can't be THAT bad, right?).

I remember a time when our 1st sergent mistook someone's spit cup for his cup of coffee....needless to say, he wasn't a happy camper that day.