Chapter 28
SNUFF
When
going around in the market you have seen so many people taking out a small box
from their pocket and take some of the powder in between their thumb and index
finger. They put this to their nose and sniff hard. Due to the ban put on
smoking, the number of snuff users is on the increase.
Snuff
is powdered tobacco, which is inhaled or ‘snuffed’ through the nose. It is also
called ‘smokeless tobacco’. It is as dangerous as smoking only difference is
that others are not affected by it. Snuff is also called dipping tobacco since
it is also consumed by rubbing on the gum. Scented or flavoured snuff is also
available.
Snuff
consumption goes as back as 1493 were some natives of modern Haiti were seen
using it. In 1561 some snuff boxes were sent to a VIP as a medicine for her
son’s persistent migraines. Her belief in its curative characteristics helped
to make snuff popular among the rich class. Soon it spread to other countries
of the world. When people came to know that it can cause cancer they started
banning it. But we were never able to get rid of it from our society. 
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