Dipping tobacco

Dipping tobacco (known more technically as American moist snuff) is a form of smokeless tobacco. It is commonly referred to as dip, and the act of using it as dipping. Individual dips are also known as lippers or fatties. The term chewing tobacco is also often applied to this family of products, although this more correctly refers to a separate group of tobacco derivatives altogether.

Usage

Dip is commonly confused with chewing tobacco, when in fact, it is very different. A small clump of dip is 'pinched' out of the tin, and put inside the lower (or infrequently the upper) lip, in front of the teeth/gums. This is a large contrast to the almost bubblegum method of chewing on chewing tobacco. While using dip, the pinch sits just behind one's lip, a spot where blood vessels are close to the skin and plentiful. The nicotine works its way into the user's blood vessels through the saliva naturally created in their mouth.

The user then has to spit out any saliva that has come in contact with the dip, as it can be extremely nauseating if swallowed. However, some users who have been using moist snuff for quite some time do not spit. Even after the dip has been removed from the mouth, high levels of nicotine still exist on the inner part of the lower lip, leaving the user most likely spitting for a while after the dip was removed.

Brands

• Copenhagen (the original smokeless tobacco introduced in 1822)
• Skoal
• Happy Days (phased into the Skoal line and no longer produced)
• Kodiak
• Sequoia
• Rooster
• Red Seal
• Husky
• Timberwolf
• Xtreme
• Chisholm (the newest U.S. entrant)
• Grizzly
• BC's

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