How common is dipping?

[Al B. Sure!]

omgr!

[Felch]

I got friends who dip, and my understanding is that it's a much more cost effective way of feeding their addiction.

[Nikolai]

This dipping you talk about, is that where you have moist tobacco in your upper lip? JM makes me think so from his replies, but you don't go around spitting all the time when you use "snus"(which it is called in Scandinavia). I think that's what you do with tobacco you chew?

[Docfeelgood]

lower lip, with/without a pouch

[Nikolai]

OK. Something entirely different then. Not the kind that is so much used in Scandinavia, especially Sweden. Funny thing with this kind of tobacco: So far no clear case has been made that it is causing cancer. But, as a top scientist on the area once said to my dad, it is definitely NOT healthy either. Myself, I keep well away from it. I find it disgusting.

[Docfeelgood]

I use smokeless tobacco, no pouch, straight from the can. Copenhagen Smokeless Tobacco, wintergreen long cut.
http://www.tobaccopub.net/articles/a...-brand-success
It is an acquired taste.
I used this to get off cigarettes. I don't swallow, so I try to be discreet, spitting in public. YES, it is a nasty addiction.

[The Mad Monk]

HC, you need to realize something. People that smoke NOW know. It took decades before MAY BE Hazardous To Your Health was printed on packs.
We were surrounded by it. TV stars, Movie stars, Baseball players all smoked. So take your sanctimonious opinions and blow them up your ass.

...and dipping?

[The Mad Monk]

You just reminded me of the guy in Thank You for Smoking that was suing big tobacco because he got cancer...

Anyone who still regularly smokes, or dips, is an idiot! FACT!

Exhibit A: People like Slowwie and DFG - need I say more...

Whadayamean still? How about start?

There are a number of young guys at this plant who smoke or dip.