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Mick Hellwig - Snus, Snuff, and Stuff

Tobacco, Guns, and Money

My other passions in life, beyond nicotine, my lovely wife and kids, are firearms and the politics involved.  I am a certified gun nut. I vote mainly based on where

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SPEAK NOW: Save Swedish Snus from the FDA!

Back on November 21st, I advanced the argument that while we were all so concerned about the impact of S.1147,  The PACT Act of 2009 legislation,  we were ignoring the

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The PACT Act will Hurt, but FDA could Kill Snus Users!

FDA Seeking Public Comment on Tobacco Regulation The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established a public docket to obtain information on the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco

Shopping

SnusGEAR Landing Page

  SnusGEAR Country Selections You’re almost there! Just select the SnusGEAR e-Store closest to your country of residence: SnusGEAR USA SnusGEAR Germany SnusGEAR Australia SnusGEAR New Zealand SnusGEAR Canada SnusGEAR

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On Senator Ted Kennedy’s Passing…and Exploitation

Today we learned that Senator Ted Kennedy has died of a brain tumor.  He was first elected to the Senate in 1962 and only two Senators in the history of

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Marlboro Snus Review and Philip Morris USA

Marlboro Snus – How quickly things change. A few months back, I commented how Philip Morris USA and Marlboro Snus had impressed me. The people at PMUSA must have read

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Triumph Snus: The Latest on Nicotine Levels Direct from the Factory in Sweden!

The Road Trip to Sweden Series:  June 2009, chronicals Larry Waters’  diplomatic mission to Stockholm and Gothenburg Sweden.  Swedish Match AB “suggested” he come visit them concerning the Joakim/Markus in

Op Ed & Guest Columnists

Dr. Brad Rodu on Reduced Harm Tobacco

Dr. Brad Rodu is one of the pioneers in establishing that Reduced Harm products such as any form of smokeless tobacco including snus and Swedish Snus are, as he said

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Is FDA Control of Tobacco Unconstitutional and Other Feedback

or, other than Philip Morris, did anyone in Congress or the White House even READ Kennedy/Waxman before it became the Law of the Land? Any rational person reading the Kennedy/Waxman

Andrew Romeo – An Insider’s Perspective

Is Big Tobacco Selling Harm Reduction?

No and Yes. One thing must remain clear.  Big Tobacco wants its legal consumers to smoke as many cigarettes as possible.  The bulk of their marketing, where it is allowed

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Kennedy/Waxman Tobacco Sell-Out – Opposed by R.J. Reynolds, SnusCENTRAL.org and Larry Waters?!

Kennedy/Waxman, S. 982, HR 1256; all very innocuous names for one of the most destructive bills to American Health Care which ever slithered through Congress.  Lets call this legislation by

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ACT NOW: Kennedy Tobacco Bill Begins Debate June 2nd 2009!

Politics and rationality sometimes make strange bedfellows.  Bill Godshall is a decades-long Anti-Cigarette Lobbyist and Activist.  We met in dueling comments on TobaccoToday.  Make no mistake about it, Bill is

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TobaccoToday.info Thread you MUST Read!

One of the news feeds we have coming in to SnusCENTRAL.org is from TobaccoToday.info.  I find the site valuable for a number of reasons. In this case, it’s the reader

Legislation

CONTINUOUS UPDATES: The PACT ACT banning ALL Internet Smokeless Tobacco Sales

The following give the latest status on the current Congressional efforts to prohibit ALL Internet, Telephone, or Mail-Order delivery of Cigarettes and all Smokeless Tobacco Products including Snus to consumers

Legislation

CONTINUOUS UPDATES: Kennedy/Waxman Tobacco Regulation Legislation

The following give the latest status on the current Congressional efforts to regulate tobacco products:

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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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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

Legislation

Tobacco Regulation: A Deal with the Devil?

Nonsmoking Nation is not a blog name you would associate with tobacco friendly nor should you.  Her article, “Tobacco Regulation:  A Deal with the Devil?” is an ominous look at

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EXPOSED: Why there IS a “Unique” American Snus Taste

One of the biggest mysteries for not only myself as a Swedish Snus user, but as someone skilled in marketing, new product launches, and creating new marketing verticles, regarding the