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BAT and the Lucky Strike Snus Mystery…SOLVED!

It began innocently enough.  Our Snus Shop at SnusCENTRAL.com was running very low on  Lucky Strike Snus.  No big deal, the shipment must be delayed. A report came over the

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Swedish CAMEL Snus – An Interview with JTI’s Joakim Nilsson

Joakim Nilsson is Communications Manager at JTI Sweden. He supplied me with the official information on JTI CAMEL Snus almost simultaneously with its release. We’ve developed a very pleasant relationship

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Report from Tobacco Plus Expo 2009!

As a police escort led my armoured limousine down Canal Street towards the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, you could still see the signs of Hurricane Katrina.  Scattered condemned buildings;

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CAMEL Snus by JTI – a great tasting new Premium Swedish Snus.

Today, JTI made their new Swedish CAMEL Snus official with a 10 AM (GMT 1) press conference. I received an email early this morning from Joakim Nilsson of JTI with

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Follow-Up: Lazy, Embarrassing Article by StarTribune.com

After I published my article, How can the American Public be Educated about Snus when the American Press is so Lazy?  on that embarrassment to Journalism by StarTribune.com on snus, Danger follows a camel on

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How can the American Public be educated about Snus when the American Press is so Lazy?

The biggest problem facing snus in general but Swedish Snus in particular is education.  For all practical purposes, the American Public is clueless on snus.  Part of that is the

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When is Camel Snus NOT Camel SNUS?

When is CAMEL Snus NOT Camel SNUS? When Camel Snus is made in Sweden by Japan Tobacco International (JTI); not by R.J. Reynolds in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. There are disadvantages

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Lorillard Tobacco Part 2: living in the past; ignoring the EMAILS

NOTE:  This is Part 2 of this series on Lorillard Tobacco.  Be sure and read Part 1; Lorillard Tobacco: living in the past; ignoring the FUTURE, first. When I spoke

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Lorillard Tobacco: living in the past; ignoring the FUTURE

In October of 2008, I spoke to Ron Milstein; Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Lorillard Tobacco Company. A SnusCENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENT in Sweden had provided bomb-shell information.  According to

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Thunder Snus Frosted Extra Strong Portion Snus by V2 Tobacco

Can V2 Tobacco do no wrong these days? The buzz about the new flavors they are testing has been overall very positive. The elusive V2 Brown Snus which is being

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Larry Waters Responds to Snus and Swedish Snus Article by the LA Smoking Examiner

Reading through the Latest Snus News today, I came across an article by VJ Sleight  on The Examiner.com entitled The difference between Swedish snus and snus sold in the United

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Greedy Big Tobacco Raises Cigarette / Tobacco Prices BEFORE theTobacco Tax Increase goes into Effect!

Wake Up, tobacco users of all kinds (except cigars):  the Tobacco War of 2009 has already begun.  It’s going to get bloody too. It’s a shame DallasNews.com, the on-line version

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Snus Giant Swedish Match Finally Buries the Nick and Johnny Coffins.

February 27th, 2009. It was a cold day in Stockholm, Sweden but even colder in the ventilation duct overlooking a conference room at the headquarters of Swedish Match AB. An

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FDA Tobacco Regulation is Back Already

The United States Economy is crumbling.  Unemployment is now projected to reach 8% in 2009: Translation; it will be a lot higher than 8%.  Millions of Americans are out of work,

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Gotlandssnus: The New Factory and More!

If all goes according to plan, Gotlandssnus AB will begin producing its excellent snus’s at their new state-of-the-art factory on March 10th. The new factory; cleverly named Gotlandssnus AB “The

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Camel SNUS Versus Swedish Snus: Dennis Neal & Larry Waters (Part 2 of 2)

Part 2 of 2 If you haven’t read Part One yet,  Click HERE.  Part Two makes no sense if you didn’t read Part One first.  That’s why I cleverly named

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Camel SNUS Versus Swedish Snus: Dennis Neal & Larry Waters (Part 1 of 2)

Although I’ve moved much of the Snus Topic off my other blog, The Unloadingzone, many people still leave commentsabout snus there. I’m also moving those comments over to SnusCENTRAL as

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Swedish Match & Philip Morris International Announce Joint Venture: a Match made in….Sweden?

Since February 3rd, 2009 I’ve been investigating the shocking yet exciting announcement from Swedish Match and Philip Morris International that they were entering into a joint venture to market snus

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Thunder Snus: High Nicotine and Great Taste!!

Strong Snus, Stark Snus, Sterk Snus: these are all Scandinavian snus’s which are higher in nicotine than Regular snus. Until 2008, this almost always meant 11 mg/g. of nicotine instead

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Skruf Releases Skruf Stark and Skruf Original White Portions Early!

You would never know it by the Skruf website which still states a February 1st, 2009 release date, but SnusCENTRAL Members received an email alert four days ago:  Skruf Stark