Snuff Blog

England: 17th and 18th

Patrick Nestor

Snuff first came to Europe in the 16th century and was first advocated as a medicinal product, being used to treat headaches and other conditions. By the eighteenth century everyone...

England: 17th and 18th

Patrick Nestor

Snuff first came to Europe in the 16th century and was first advocated as a medicinal product, being used to treat headaches and other conditions. By the eighteenth century everyone...

Snuff in Europe 15th-16th Century

Patrick Nestor

16th century Europe saw the beginning of Western capitalism, new values created by the Reformation and the Renaissance. There was still a heavy handedness with religious dissenters and many states...

Snuff in Europe 15th-16th Century

Patrick Nestor

16th century Europe saw the beginning of Western capitalism, new values created by the Reformation and the Renaissance. There was still a heavy handedness with religious dissenters and many states...

Tobacco and the Democratization of Wealth

Patrick Nestor

The history of tobacco has not always been without dire consequence. The pros and cons always seem to be battling when tobacco is concerned. Although today we have demonized the...

Tobacco and the Democratization of Wealth

Patrick Nestor

The history of tobacco has not always been without dire consequence. The pros and cons always seem to be battling when tobacco is concerned. Although today we have demonized the...

South African Snuff

Patrick Nestor

From the smallest seed known, emerges one of the richest commodities that has ever been commercialized: tobacco. As was recently discovered in Utah, this plant has been utilized by man,...

South African Snuff

Patrick Nestor

From the smallest seed known, emerges one of the richest commodities that has ever been commercialized: tobacco. As was recently discovered in Utah, this plant has been utilized by man,...

The Story of RZD

Patrick Nestor

Victorian England was still quite present on the sub-continent when Shri Manilal began helping his father, Shri Ranchhoddas, with his small tobacco shop in Sihor, Bavnaghar in the Gujarat, close...

The Story of RZD

Patrick Nestor

Victorian England was still quite present on the sub-continent when Shri Manilal began helping his father, Shri Ranchhoddas, with his small tobacco shop in Sihor, Bavnaghar in the Gujarat, close...

Jewish Lore: The Snuff Box

Patrick Nestor

This tale begins, as all good stories, with a carefully crafted protagonist. Ours is a wealthy, middle aged merchant whose success may have gone to his yarmulke and compromised his...

Jewish Lore: The Snuff Box

Patrick Nestor

This tale begins, as all good stories, with a carefully crafted protagonist. Ours is a wealthy, middle aged merchant whose success may have gone to his yarmulke and compromised his...