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I just had some of my relatives from the states send me 10 tins of Snus smokeless tobacco. It is part of a birthday present. A few unanswered questions remain.......

A) Will Chairman Rudd's secret police seize said tobacco and charge me will conspiracy to dip? (punishable by 14-73 years in a Turkish prison)

B) Will the Australian government consider said amount (10 tins) as being significant enough to detain the parcel with the stipulation that Hendry pays a tariff on the tobacco in order to facilitate delivery.

Or

C)Will the tight-assed bastards working at customs adopt a positive outlook with regards to the parcel merrily sending it on it's way (with the full knowledge that the use of said materials contained within might tend to result in a rapid acceleration of Hendry's life cycle, affording not only themselves but all Australians with a small but measurable reduction in congestion and transit time during the early morning commute.

Perhaps I am reading into this shit a little too much.. I can only hope they give it a wide berth

But Seriously

Any advice is greatly appreciated : )

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give it a few days and see what happens. you won't get raided. if you do get a letter then give us the info fromt he letter and we cna give advice. otherwise we'll be running through dozens of theoreticals.

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i have found anything over 3 tins they usually find and will charge you tax. but as torsten says just wait and see what takes place.

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i'd stick to the 3 month importation rule...

for personal use, especially non FDA approved things, you are limited to importing 3 months worth at a time.

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Velvet is on the money.

Any amount ov tobacco product that customs find they will ask you to pay the duty on.

10 * 1 ounce tins will be something like $125 - $250.

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what happened????......

C!

C)or will the tight-assed bastards working at customs adopt a positive outlook with regards to the parcel merrily sending it on it's way (with the full knowledge that the use of said materials contained within might tend to result in a rapid acceleration of Hendry's life cycle, affording not only themselves but all Australians with a small but measurable reduction in congestion and transit time during the early morning commute.

My 10 tins of spit-less smoke-less frosty tobacco-ey goodness arrived completely unmolested.Thank God! fuck paying 100-200 dollars in bullshit tax on thirty bucks of snus.

they were prolly too busy looking for the real dangerous shit like Chinese stars and martial arts equipment lol they have to do something about that kind of stuff with the recent increase in Chinese star attacks. Fucking Ninjas...

Call to legalize 'snus' in Australia

DANNY ROSE, MEDICAL WRITER

February 23, 2009

A controversial tobacco product available in Sweden, where lung cancer rates are the lowest in Europe, should be made legal in Australia, an academic says.

Snus is a moist powdered tobacco product that is not smoked, but placed under the lip, where nicotine is absorbed into the blood stream. It has lower levels of the carcinogens found in conventional chewing tobacco.

It was banned in 1991 as part of Australian efforts to reduce avenues for the expansion of the tobacco industry, but Dr Coral Gartner has called for the ban to be overturned.

Dr Gartner, based at the University of Queensland's school of population health, says it could help cut the human toll among people who can't or won't quit smoking.

"Your best course of action is to quit smoking, but if you're not going to do that then this is second best," Dr Gartner said.

"And, if cigarettes are still going to be available then it seems reasonable to allow these people another option that is a lot less harmful."

Snus is outlawed across the European Union but due to exemptions is still manufactured and consumed primarily in Sweden and Norway.

Sweden's smoking rate dropped from 40 per cent in 1976 to 15 per cent in 2002, meanwhile snus gained in popularity and 21 per cent of Swedish men are now daily users.

Despite this, Dr Gartner said the country recorded no increase in the rates of oral cancer or cardiovascular disease, and tobacco-related deaths in Sweden were among the lowest in the developed world.

The Swedish example showed a tobacco addict who used snus had a lower risk of all smoking related cancers, she said.

"There might still be some residual risk of pancreatic cancer and oral cancer ... but that risk still seems to be lower than what you get from smoking," Dr Gartner said.

It also did not appear to act as a "gateway" to smoking, she said, as the Swedish experience was that more smokers moved over to snus than the reverse.

Snus, along with similar products that come in the form of a compressed tablet, was also a less visible way to consume tobacco than smoking, helping to denormalise tobacco addiction in the public's eye, Dr Gartner said.

The tobacco industry could still be prevented from advertising it if legalised, she said, and its introduction could allow a fresh tightening of cigarette regulations.

"I'm not saying let's make it legal and off you go. I'd say we have another option for smokers now and let's ramp up the regulation of cigarettes," Dr Gartner said.

"I understand there might be concerns about bringing in more tobacco products, but (at the moment) we've got the toughest regulation possible on these products which are actually a lot less harmful than cigarettes are."

The Cancer Council agreed that a case could be made on health grounds for introducing snus to Australia, but chief executive Professor Ian Olver also said more research was needed.

Views among smoking cessation experts were split on snus - which, he said, appeared to be a "less harmful" product than cigarettes.

"On the other hand, why should we find another way to addict people to tobacco?" he added.

"What we do know is (that) in Australia smoking rates have come down very dramatically ... we've done very well without it (snus)."

Dr Gartner's views on snus are also outlined in an article, co-authored by Professor Wayne Hall, published online in the journal Public Health.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/call-to-legalise-snus-in-australia-20090224-8fzf.html

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I know that this is a late reply but over the past few months I have started using smokeless tobacco to help minimise tobacco consumption... I have successfully kept my smoking primarily to weekends when engaging in social activities and their subsequent intoxicants.

From what I've heard you're lucky to get 10 cans in without paying tax...

I have made multiple orders of snus usually 3-4 tins at a time and have had no troubles with customs and tax with this quantiy.. 2 cans of portion and 2 cans of los is more than enough to last me 6 weeks no worries when kept refrigerated as I usually leave in up to 2 (sometimes 2.5 hours). I use extra sterk portions and sterk los so I can have bigger dips and there is plenty of nicotine to keep away any ciggie cravings.

Anything more requires storing for long term in freezer which I don't have room for, and as long as I order halfway through my supply I am guaranteed to never run out. To keep the quality premium its best using within a month unless frozen airtight and should be refrigerated even for that month as we live in Australia and our temperatures are very different to Sweden.

Also it is worth noting that using white portioned snus keeps a hell of a lot better due to lacking the moisture content.

So yeah if you ever order any yourself thats not sent as a gift, keep your orders small so you don't have holdups\tax issues with customs, and you end up paying around all up about $30 for 4 tins incl. postage from Sweden\Norway.

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