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Dry Snuff, the ultimate SHTF barter item

Quietly Paranoid

Twenty percent of the population uses some form of tobacco. Ever see a smoker who cannot get a nicotine fix? Makes a zombie movie seem tame by comparison. The thing that tobacco users crave is nicotine. Nicotine is poisonous in large doses, but acts as a stimulant, a calmative, an appetite suppressant, and sharpens mental focus in small doses. Nicotine is powerfully addictive because it rewires certain areas of the brain until they need nicotine to function. Nicotine is easily absorbed by the human body in several ways, through the skin as with nicotine patches, through the tissue of the mouth and nose as with snuff and chewing tobacco, and through the lungs as with smoking. When the SHTF and tobacco is unavailable or too expensive, what do think those nicotine zombies will pay for a fix? Hint, a lot.

Dry snuff has to be handled with care and common sense, but it will be far more valuable than gold after the SHTF. If you use tobacco or know someone who does, Dry snuff will satisfy the cravings for pennies a day. Compare that to paying 5 bucks per day for a pack of cigarettes. Smoking is a very inefficient and costly way to get nicotine, as the high temperatures destroy most of the nicotine before you inhale it, not to mention polluting your lungs.

So what the hell is dry snuff?

Dry snuff is very finely powdered dry tobacco in a small can. Some folks call it nasal snuff as it is usually sniffed up the nose. A lot of stores do not sell it and it may take a bit of looking around to find it. Try a smoke shop near a college or in a larger city. Snuff can be bought online but the shipping is expensive and cuts into your profit.

How to use dry snuff

When you get a craving for a nicotine fix, sniff a little snuff. Most dry snuff users take a pinch between thumb and forefinger and sniff it. The nicotine hits the system almost instantly. If you need a stronger nicotine rush, scoop up a tiny pile of snuff on a penknife blade and place it on the back of your tongue. You will get a strong tobacco bite along with a killer nicotine rush. I also lick my fingertip, dip it into the snuff can and transfer the snuff to my tongue. Snuff comes in different flavors and you can experiment. Dry snuff is concentrated and you only need a tiny amount. The nicotine will hit your system quickly.

Hard core smokers MAY need more nicotine. Work up to higher doses gradually. If you are a moron and eat a huge dose, you will feel sick and may die. This will improve the gene pool and make more food, women and oil available for ME.

A one-ounce can of dry snuff will keep a smoker medicated and fairly sane for about a week. Given that a can of snuff costs about 5 dollars now, imagine the trading potential. I have noticed that the hottest women seem to be smokers. I am sure that you and Miss Hot Body can figure out a mutually beneficial trade.

You may have to give out a few free hits to nicotine addicts, as no one will believe that little can of snuff will replace cigarettes. Once the word gets out you will have all the business you can handle. Never deal with any addict without a weapon handy.

I DO NOT recommend selling or bartering snuff until after the SHTF due to our FUBAR legal system. If you sell a can to some careless moron and his toddler eats it, the kid will die within minutes and YOU will probably go to jail. The PIGS WHO RULE may take a dim view of your nicotine delivery scheme. They are just pissed because they did not get a cut. Use the stuff now to save money on your own tobacco habit, or share with trusted friends. Stock up now on snuff and wait until this corrupt, tyrannical, failure coddling system crashes. Snuff is currently legal and keeps almost forever.

I dedicate this article to Kurt Saxon and Lord Bison, may they live long and prosper.

HAIL DARWIN