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New V2 Tobacco snus factory starts production

V2 Tobacco, Denmark’s largest snus manufacturer, announced their new state-of-the-art snus factory came on-line earlier this week. I visited V2 in August 2011 and toured both the original factory and

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New General Snus, Catch Snus, and Goteborgs Rapé Snus for 2012

Swedish Match today announced the the upcoming release of new General Snus, Goteborg’s Rapé Snus, and the first Catch Collection snus for 2012. On Week 5 (begins 1 Feb) and

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Thunder Chrome Series Snus Discontinued

Goodbye Thunder Chrome but Coffee Supreme will return V2 Tobacco announced that effective 28 December 2011, they had stopped producing the Thunder Chrom (Chrome) Long + Portion Snus Limited Edition

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New Camel SNUS Ads: Let it Snus, FDA!

Reynolds American launch a new series of Camel SNUS print ads today sure to ruin Christmas for the FDA.  Like their previous incarnations, these ads promote Camel SNUS as a

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Save Our Snus! FDA Comment Period Extended

FDA has extended the time for public comment on the sale and advertising of tobacco products via the Internet, smart phones and other non-face to face methods.  Today, I’m on

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FDA Mandated Graphic Cigarette Warning Unconstitutional; Smokeless Tobacco Warning Labels Next?

The Anti-All-Tobacco Extremists were dealt a body blow by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon.  At issue was a lawsuit against FDA for requiring cigarette manufacturers to use very large, very

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Swedish Match Snus News from October 2011

Swedish Match, the world’s largest manufacturer of Swedish snus, was very busy in October. By themselves, the individual announcements were note-worthy but combined together as a one month snapshot, they

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Going Extreme: Odens EXTREME Snus by GNT

Odens Extreme Swedish Snus series was the first snus to break the 20mg/gram nicotine content barrier; taking snus users from Extra Strong to Ultra Strong. As of this writing, the

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Beyond Extra Strong: Thunder RAW Frosted Ultra Strong Snus

V2 Tobacco publicly announced they are launching their highest nicotine snus series to date; Thunder RAW Ultra Strong Snus, during Week 44. The first flavor to be released as a

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Lab Series 06 Extra Strong Portion Snus goes back to the Lab

Swedish Match pulls Lab Series 06 snus out of production On Friday, August 12th, my favorite snus store offered for sale two new long portion snuses from the Swedish Match Lab

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FDA Targets Internet Tobacco Sales and Advertising

Non-Face-to-Face Sale of Tobacco Products and Advertising, Promotion, and Marketing of Tobacco Products by FDA On Monday, September 12th,  FDA informed the tobacco industry, anti-tobacco groups, and interested parties that

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Shocking Report: Higher Tobacco Taxes Increases Black Market Tobacco Sales!

While the US Congress and State Legislators gleefully consider increasing the punitive tobacco taxes on Americans, here’s some news from Germany which should give them pause. It won’t, but it

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Thunder Chrom Edition Snus Surprise Release

The snus world has been impatiently waiting for the long promised release of the Thunder Chrom (Thunder Chrome in English) editions from V2 Tobacco. Patrick Vogel, co-owner of V2 released

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New Camel SNUS Ads: Taking on the FDA Status Quo

RJ Reynolds is introducing their latest ads inviting smokers to switch from cigarettes to snus. Reynolds introduced this unprecedented advertising concept from a cigarette manufacturer at the very end of

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Copenhagen Flood Panics Snus Markets Worldwide

As Copenhagen struggles to recover from massive flooding yesterday, Swedish and Scandinavian snus users around the world (where legal) were stunned to discover the Snus Store at SnusCentral.com was a

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Swedish Match – Not All Snus is Created Equal

At a secret Snus Summit in Chicago this past Thursday, Swedish Match previewed the long awaited General Snus marketing thrust into mainstream America to a group of America’s snus elite.

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RJ Reynolds on NYC Outdoor Smoking Ban: There’s no Ban on Camel Snus!

Effective today, New York City cigarette smokers are banned from smoking at parks and beaches.  In a move unthinkable only a year ago, Reynolds American is responding to the NYC

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Click Swedish Snus Discontinued – Click Quick While You Can

Click Snus by Swedish Match is being discontinued, according to SnusCIA Agents embedded in the SnusCentral Delegation to Stockholm.  I wrote about the reintroduction of Click snus back in December

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Ettan Snuff US Trials – a Natural Moist Snuff from Swedish Match

On May 2nd 2011, Swedish Match US introduced a new natural flavor moist snuff into select US cities: Ettan Snuff. Ettan Snuff joins Redman, Longhorn and Timberwolf in Swedish Match’s

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Pioneer Snuff – Swedish Snus made in Laos

Two years ago, I came across a company called Viking Snus based in Thailand and founded by Göran Andersson, a Swedish expatriate. It turned out Viking Snus was only available