With Snuff it acts around a finely millet mixture out of one or more sorts of tobacco, by aspirating into the nose one consumes and since approx. To 400 years in Europe admits is. Nicotine unfolds its effect over the front nose mucous membranes; too violent drawing in can cause therefore pain. In order to out-cost the flavour best, one should draw the Snuff up slowly and stop some seconds, until the flavour unfolds.

The Snuff cold, actually is an art and is a dear-become tradition in Bavaria. After the cold, according to rank with a handkerchief the nose is cleaned. Do not sneeze to have, participates the art. There are 3 different possibilities of the cold.

Cold of the back of the hand designates the admission of two, smaller pile of the back of the hand of the fist. Here should be paid attention to it, to use the left hand, because it is regarded as dilettante, to use the right back of the hand. Likewise to consider is, that the “Schnupfer” away-spreads the small finger and the thumb of the fist, so that the upper hand surface is straight. Now one keeps oneself the hand snuffs under the nose and „“the powder. There are some mistake also here, which one should avoid if possible: too violent drawing in can lead on the one hand to a violent sneezing reflex. With particularly fine Snuff it can occur in addition, that this directly in the throats arrived and there very unpleasant burning causes.

Cold from the fingertips designates the admission of the Snuff between thumbs and index fingers and the direct supply to the individual nostril. This method connects itself with the use to that today to a large extent any longer did not use Snuff box. In earlier times this usually round and cover box manufactured made of silver was an indispensable component of a clubbable consumer behaviour. This procedure is called also “English”, since in former times in England one snuffed predominantly in such a way.

With the cold of a document the Snuff by a credit card or other is brought to a thin line into the form. Then with a thin tube the tobacco is aspirated by the nose openings, in addition, here one should do without to violent aspirating, because also here the sneezing reflex specified above or unpleasant burning can occur. The advantages of this method are a relative cleanliness for the consumer, since no tobacco remainders at its nostrils or its hand remain.