Exciting Snus News

As anyone who's read my snus posts knows, my original discovery of Swedish Snus which led me to quit smoking was mostly facilitated by my discovery of SnusCentral.org. I took immediate advantage of the plethora of informative articles and reviews there, as well as the generous and friendly community in the forums to get questions answered and to help me pick out my first varieties of snus and get on the road to snus and off the cigarettes.

Since then SnusCentral has remained one of the few places I visit on the web constantly. It's one of those that has a near permanent tab open in my browser, and I can pretty regularly be found there reading any new posts, and jibber jabbering away about this or that. It's basically my mecca of snus information and opinion, delivered in a friendly and easy to use package.

The founder, Mr.UNZ has done a lot of work, both to the site and in the snus world in general, and it shows. And now, even more than ever.

As more evidence that SnusCentral is a top notch snus information site and community, we've now been joined by the largest manufacturer of Swedish Snus there is. That's right, Swedish Match has taken up a presence at SnusCentral and made themselves available to answer any questions we come up with to put forth to them, and to consider any of the feedback and suggestions we provide.

Wow. Now that's cool.

Some of the first info coming to us from them, and one of the so far most asked questions to them has been about increasing the availability of Swedish Snus in the states. As of yet it is mostly just available at tobacco stores scattered here and there, and many of us have no option but to order it online. This is looking to change. While they can't yet reveal a timeline for us, a fair portion of the General line of snus should be becoming more widely available, with every intention for it to become as common as your standard brands of cigarettes.

While my favorite General varieties (Extra Sterk and Onyx) are not among the selection at this point, nor my many favorites of other lines of snus, this is still pretty exciting. Swedish Match building a presence in the US opens a lot of possibilities and eases some of my fears that "the man" may try and take my Swedish Snus away through their continuing propaganda and relentless anti-tobacco legislation. At this time we've got politicians wasting our time and tax dollars trying to pass legislation through fear mongering, to tie the online purchases of tobacco products together with terrorism.

And while maybe, just maybe there are terrorists getting some sort of revenue flow through selling cigarettes over the internet. Maybe, I'm still not fully believing that's the most lucrative thing they could come up with (remember drugs and guns?). Even if they are, they sure as hell are not being funded by the sales of Swedish Snus. I could count on one hand the online stores selling any decent amount of Swedish Snus. Most snus users seem to use any of about 3 main sites for their purchases. And I'd be beyond shocked to find that any of those sites had any ties that even the most inventive of politicians could say were terrorist ties. Gimme a break.

So this is a time of exciting developments, as well as scary ones. Tobacco has become enemy number one for a lot of folks in this country. But all tobacco is not created equal. Hopefully we can rally enough support, and spread enough intelligence about Swedish Snus to counter some of the ignorance and fear that's already being distributed. Only time will tell.

In the meantime, feel free to visit SnusCentral and check out the "Manufacturers Speak!" section to see the ongoing conversation with Swedish Match. While you're there you can also read up on the latest news in the world of Snus, dig into some articles on the background of Snus, health information, product reviews, or find a friendly welcome in the forums.

See ya there!