Snuff is a smokeless tobacco product, which is made of fermented tobacco powder and used for nasal inhalation. The thickness, humidity, color, irritation and fragrance of snuff vary with the formula. There are more than 1000 kinds of snuff in the contemporary world, and the main aroma types are tobacco, mint, dried fruit, berries, flowers, herbs, coffee, wine, radix aucklandiae, earth, leather, musk and Long Xianxiang.

In Qing Dynasty, China classified the aroma types of snuff into five types: sour, pungent, bean, paste and sweet. White snuff is a special type of snuff, especially snuff without tobacco components.

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The origin of snuff:

Snuff originated from American Indian tribes and was discovered by Columbus expedition and brought back to Europe. /kloc-In the 8th century, the French ambassador to Portugal, a nun (nicotine is named after a nun), presented snuff to Queen Catherine of France, hoping to help her treat her headache. In the end, snuff has achieved remarkable curative effect. In this way, Queen Catherine volunteered to be the spokesperson of snuff.

Since then, snuff has become popular rapidly in Europe, and even once replaced pipe smoking with absolute advantage. During the18th century, only the commoners in Britain and Holland and the nobles with low status still kept the habit of smoking a pipe.

In Europe, the consumption of snuff never stops. In recent years, with the campaign to ban smoking in public places, the consumption of snuff in Europe and America has started to rise again. In 2007, Britain issued a smoking ban, and in the same year, the consumption of snuff in the country soared by 80%. In 2005, the United States became an emerging market for snuff. Since 2005, the import of snuff in the United States has doubled year after year. Tobacco giants such as British American Tobacco and Marlboro began to develop and launch modern snuff.

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