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Originally Posted by Aysedasi
Blimey! Who am I then - the Memory Man? 
Sounds like you must have most (if not all) of them there.
Jeez - like who wanted to suck a nicotine t-bag? Sounds absolutely revolting......  |
Skoal was indeed a major manufacturer of tobacco packs, which, when placed between top front teeth and gum, deliver a huge nicotine rush...
Sadly for them, the absence of all those nasty inhaled carcinogens did not make them as healthy as seemed to be the case initially. A spate of mouth cancer cases pretty much hobbled their sales in the States.
However, the same basic things are still HUGE in Scandinavia (called Snus - pronounced snoos) in fact a major sponsor backed Alx Danielsson to last year's World Series title.
In their day, GpC siponed off only a little of Skoal's budget - NASCAR accounted for much more, with the Burt & Hal's team (as in Reynolds of Smokey and the Bandit and hairpiece fame - allegedly - and Needham - his producer) and Harry Gant's no33 car...
see here...
http://autospeak.com/kcmpic10.jpg
I still have a bright green shiny very early 80s Burt & Hal's blouson somewhere...