I tried Skoal, but never tried Copenhagen. But I couldn't get past the lightheaded feeling, so just asked myself why I was doing this. So quit pretty quick. Snoose wasn't as dangerous as smoking though. I knew old snoose chewers who lived into their 90s. Used bacon grease on their morning pancakes instead of syrup too. Smokers in their 90s was much more uncommon. The only chew I could tolerate was Red Man. That loose leaf stuff in a bag. Beechnut caused the same reaction as Skoal for me.
I never heard why people in the PNW call it "chewing snoose". When ya don't actually chew it. Just stick it inside your lower lip. Other parts of the country call it dipping snuff. If you've ever been to Ballard up in Seattle, the locals refer to it as Snoose Junction. I was told it was because Norwegians and Swedes were most of the earliest inhabitants.
