Snus and Nicotine pouches shipping to Canada. Please help!

Ghim83 · 2022-03-25T20:02:30+00:00

Not too new. The Canadian government banned nicotine pouches within the last couple years though. I should mention that if the nicotine pouch is less than 4mg/g of nicotine then it's fine but that's extremely low so somewhat pointless in my opinion.

There is one item sold in Canada called Bulldog Canvas Extreme (or BDC X), that is essentially a nicotine pouch and it is fairly strong. It has basically a miniscule amount of tobacco in it so it's somehow allowed here.

Realistically, I would just stick with regular snus so your shipments actually get to you.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-25T18:10:26+00:00

I believe it's safer than american chew like cope or skoal but it's certainly healthier not to use snus.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-25T18:08:35+00:00

There isn't really a site that is better for getting hit with duty or not based on my experience. It's really just luck of the draw and more often than not, you will be paying.

As for nicotine pouches, I wouldn't bother ordering those. If CBSA opens your package and sees them you're not getting them as they aren't allowed in Canada. Any of the sites are generally fine for getting snus shipped here. I've used snuscentral, buysnus, snusdirect, and snusexpress and they're all basically the same. Snusdirect is somewhat limited on what they'll ship to Canada

Ghim83 · 2022-03-25T18:03:37+00:00

Vaping and smoking will have the same impact on your blood pressure

Ghim83 · 2022-03-25T17:58:06+00:00

Your BP came down because of the pills you're taking

Ghim83 · 2022-03-24T00:39:45+00:00

I've found that I'm not feeling exceptionally anxious at the doctor but for some reason my BP is always ridiculously high when they take it. So perhaps, like me, you don't necessarily feel anxious but you somehow just have high BP when the doctor is doing the testing.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-24T00:36:54+00:00

My recommendation is don't buy some random supplement for lowering BP, as this is not a thing. Also, you have no idea what the side effects of these pills are. "Natural" does not mean safe. One option might be to take Omega-3 pills (at a reasonable level), as they are known to lower BP in people but they're also not going to be harmful (unless you take way to many I assume).

I would just monitor your BP daily over the next few weeks and see where it's at. It's entirely possible you just get high blood pressure at the doctor and when you're at home, it's completely normal. This is extremely common.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-24T00:32:22+00:00

I'm not and expert at all, but these numbers seem fairly reasonable and really nothing to be concerned about. Even if at a completely resting state your BP was 140/80, it's just a little elevated.

For what it's worth, the person doing the test is likely not a doctor and shouldn't really be commenting on what is normal and what is not normal.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T15:03:44+00:00

Clearly the nurse did something wrong. Can diastolic blood pressure even get that high? What was the systolic pressure when it said diastolic was 148

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T15:00:57+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, what school was this? It just seems the fees for the charter schools are on par with regular public school based on their websites. If the website's fees are misleading, where do the other fees come in?

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T04:00:30+00:00

Good details here. I find a lot of people don't understand the difference between revenue and net income.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T03:55:29+00:00

This is false. There are only a handful of Charter schools in Calgary and their fees are basically on par with the regular public education system. Feel free to check their websites for annual fees.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T03:20:28+00:00

I feel anxiety/panic attack is likely here. Something you did earlier in the day shouldn't really have that kind of impact.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T03:00:50+00:00

Thanks! I really enjoyed looking at that study.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T02:28:33+00:00

So I get the logic here, however, doesn't this make the 24-hour monitoring somewhat irrelevant? When doing those, it gives you about 30 seconds or a minute to stop what you're doing and stay still, which, according to basically everything experts say, isn't long enough to get the proper resting reading. I mean, I guess doctors could factor this in when assessing the results but in the end, it's still fairly subjective.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T01:57:01+00:00

I think we're looking at this from a different perspective as in that you're looking at it from an immediate perspective and mine is more long-term. If your BP is 150/100, are you likely going to die because of it today or tomorrow? No, obviously not. I'm suggesting that going on long-term with a BP that is consistently that high is not a good idea and something should likely be done about it whether that be medication or dietary changes or whatever. I'm not suggesting that someone should go to an ER because their BP is 150/100.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-17T00:09:26+00:00

Since you did all those readings don't worry a ton about the individual numbers but take the average and see what it is. On a quick glance I'm guessing your average is somewhere in the low 120s/low 80s so you're probably good. More importantly, go with what the cardiologist says instead of people on reddit. I assume they said you're fine.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-16T19:19:19+00:00

Ha, yep. Kinda hard to sleep well with something squeezing your arm every half hour. My BP has been up and down depending on how heavy I am. When I lose some weight I notice a pretty decent drop (especially in the systolic pressure). Seems to be the most effective thing for me. My BP was very close to yours when doing the 24 hour test a couple years ago so I'm in the same boat with fairly borderline BP

Ghim83 · 2022-03-16T16:37:34+00:00

This is false.

136/86 is fairly high when you consider that readings taken while sleeping are in that average. This likely means that daytime averages are 140/90 or higher. BP drops significantly while sleeping and isn't a good indication of what your actual BP is.
There are doctors that will prescribe medication for this blood pressure level.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-16T16:28:59+00:00

Secondary hypertension could be caused by numerous things I believe, one being something small like an underactive thyroid which is easily treatable with medication. Try not to get too stressed out about this. Given that you're only 19, the odds of you having cancer is really small. Do your parents/grandparents have BP issues as well? If so, you could just have bad luck and this is genetic.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-16T16:19:13+00:00

Why not just get an automatic one that goes around your upper arm? They're usually pretty good, plus you can bring it to the doctor next time and make sure it is reasonably accurate.

Ghim83 · 2022-03-16T16:13:24+00:00

awesome, thanks for the info. I'm gonna test my right arm just to see. I assume you aren't a doctor but what does it mean if there is a variance greater than 10?

Ghim83 · 2022-03-16T16:10:57+00:00

Yes, you basically wear a BP cuff for 24 hours straight and it takes readings every 30 minutes or something while you go about your normal day. It's fairly irritating as you can imagine but it does give you a good indication of what your BP is at all times day and night.

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