I quit chewing Skoal about 11 years ago. I had chewed for close to 20 years and was up to 2 cans a day.
I used mint flavored Nicorette gum. It's not rated for chewing tobacco so I freehanded it. It was expensive to buy, but a buck or two cheaper than the Skoal for a weeks worth, so it was OK.... Skoal was cheaper back then too, Nicorette is about the same price as it was back then. Anyhoo....
There were two levels of Nicorrete, get the one with the highest dosage of nicotine you can get.
For me, I just started chewing the gum when I'd get an urge for a dip. Alot of times, you just do it out of boredom, so pop a piece of gum in instead of a dip. For the times you really miss it, like after a meal, go ahead and have a pinch of tobacco. I knocked myself down to less than a can a day right off the bat.
After a couple days, start trying to give up the "needed" dips. I replaced tobacco with Nicorette after one meal a day.... then another after a week or so. Within a month, I was down to only needing a dip of snuff first thing in the morning and right before bed.
Got the morning one kicked, and prolly went for a month before I gave up the bedtime one. I finally did it though.
Then I was addicted to the gum, but it was better for me than the snuff, and cheaper so I just chewed it for a couple months. I slowly started weaning myself off the gum with regular chewing gum.
I'm guessing it took me 6 months, start to finish.... I chewed regular gum like a crazy man for about two years, but I finally weaned myself off that after awhile too.
I still get a random urge every once in awhile, but it goes away as quick as it hits.
When I started chewing Skoal, I think it was 35 cents a can, when I quit it was just over $2. I think it's close to $4 now. That's incentive enough for me to stay off.
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