I quit using Skoal.

[FordMan08]

I have chewed a can of Skoal a day for the past 18 years. Two weeks ago I was driving with my wife and dumped the can I had in my pocket out the window. I bought a couple bags of sunflower seeds and a couple packs of gum to ease the pain. The first couple days was BAD but it has gotten better ever since. I dont even think about it much now.

Just letting you fellow dippers know that quitting can be done.

 

[1032JBT]

Congrats!!!! I have been dipping for over 20 years.....it's a part of me. I have stopped numerous times but always picked it back up. I realized I was trying to quit for the wrong reasons and I wasn't ready to quit.........for me. My issue is I still enjoy it way too damn much and know that until that changes I wont be able to quit.


Reps inbound to you.

 

[Cain71]

I too have been dipping skoal for 20+ years, I have stopped several times,but keep going back. First can I bought cost 74 cents.

 

[Expat]

Hang in there. I used to dip a little and chew as well.

 

[antsi]

Good for you.

I did a combination of Copenhagen and roll-your-own tobacco cigarettes for many years. Quit in 2003.

Not easy, but well worth it!

I have stopped several times,but keep going back

I read somewhere the average person who successfully quits nicotine has to quit and fail seven times before quitting for good. Don't give up!

 

[MinuteMan47]

I quit Skoal too! After the FIRST time I tried it !!!

 

[MinuteMan47]

I quit Skoal too! After the FIRST time I tried it !!!

 

[JetGirl]

Good for you. Many of the guys I went to high school with chewed. Two (that I know of) got cancer...one in the throat, and one in the lips/tongue. That's not pretty. Quit while you're ahead.

 

[rmabrey]

I need to quit. already stocked on chew for this payday. Next week im using that money for sunflower seeds. thanks for the motivation

 

[JML]

i quit dippin skoal wintergreen longcut when it was gettin to be $4 something a can.Moved on to the new copenhagen straight longcut (only $2 something a can).I used go through about a can and a half a day.Now 1 can will last me 2-3 days.So i'm starting to finally slow down with the whole dippin phase of my life.

 

[FordMan08]

I think the sunflowers work because you have something between your cheek and gum and you spit the shells out.

Thanks for all the kind words.

 

[Que]

Congratulations! I don't dip, but I join in the celebration of your success.

 

[JML]

If your needing that wintergreen flavor,get you some wintergreen lifesavers.

 

[Angie]

 

[FordMan08]

If your needing that wintergreen flavor,get you some wintergreen lifesavers.

I always dipped Skoal Straight.

 

[Tripwire25]

I was a 18 year dipper. Started on Skoal straight, then Kodiak..Last 12 years has been Cope and Grizzly straight. Quit 3 months ago with the help of nicotine gum. Im so glad I did.

 

[Hotdoger]

I was a 18 year dipper. Started on Skoal straight, then Kodiak..Last 12 years has been Cope and Grizzly straight. Quit 3 months ago with the help of nicotine gum. Im so glad I did.

I dipped Kodiak for many years. I tried quittting 7 or 8 times before I got it done.
Big Red gum finally helped me get through it.

It was a lot harder to quit than cigs were.

 

[Anonymous]

I finally broke a 20+ year habit, about a year ago. For those of you that are trying to quit, you can try Hooch snuff (hoochsnuff.com).

It's not great, but it sure helped the first couple of weeks, and the reviews say it's the best of the herbal snuff. Good luck, and congrats to the OP as it will be worth it in the long run!

 

[misconfig]

I picked up cope to quit smoking, I dropped the cope and now I've been dipping redman ( snuff ).

Good stuff, I need to quit too!

 

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