As soon as your chewing tobacco touches your gums, you feel a sense of calm. Everything is right in your world. And the flavorful taste of the tobacco is the icing on the cake.

You're not the only one who feels this way, either. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals turned to tobacco to help them to relieve anxiety and tension in their lives.

The question is, what are some of the best smokeless chewing tobacco options on the market today? And what makes them so great?

Here's a rundown on the top chewing tobacco products -- all of which are available at Granite Vapor's Silverdale vape store.

Let's jump in!

Copenhagen Smokeless Chewing Tobacco

Copenhagen tobacco remains one of the most popular tobacco brands on the market today.

The company has earned a reputation for producing high-quality smokeless tobacco, including snuff. Evidence of this is the fact that creating a single chewing tobacco can take as long as four years.

Copenhagen employs experienced farmers who are responsible for monitoring each step of the tobacco product creation process. This process includes sowing the tobacco seeds and aging the tobacco leaves, for example (more on this later).

Copenhagen Tobacco Product Options

Copenhagen chewing tobacco comes in multiple satisfying flavors, such as mint and wintergreen, in long cut, pouch, and snuff forms. In addition, this brand's tobacco is available in multiple quantities, including a single can or several cans packaged together.

Let's take a look at the various forms of tobacco available through the Copenhagen brand in greater detail.

Long-Cut Tobacco

The long-cut tobacco looks like thin, long strands of tobacco.

To use the long-cut pouch tobacco, pick up a small amount -- or a pinch. Then, put the pinch between your cheek and gum, and pack the pinch in. Finally, chew or suck the tobacco to release the flavor.

A major benefit of long-cut tobacco is that it is simple to pack. This allows the chewing tobacco strands to stay together more in the mouth. As a result, you shouldn't have to worry about the dip's strands coming apart when you pack them between the cheek and gum.

The fact that long-cut tobacco is simpler for users to handle makes it a good option for a new user to try.

When you put long-cut tobacco in your mouth, the nicotine will be absorbed through your mouth lining and gum. As a general rule of thumb, you can allow the tobacco to rest inside your mouth's lining for 20-40 minutes.

Fine Cut Tobacco

Long-cut tobacco alternatives include fine-cut tobacco. However, the long-cut option offers the benefit of being more available in the marketplace.

Long-cut tobacco is also simpler to pinch. That's because it consists of small strands of tobacco, whereas the fine-cut option is ground to create small, sand-like pieces.

Still, fine-cut tobacco does cover a bigger surface area. That means you'll experience a greater buzz and more flavor at one time with this product.

Tobacco Pouches

Pouches are also a popular chewing tobacco option. A pouch contains tobacco in its loose-leaf form. The pouch serves as a thin barrier between your gums and the tobacco.

Before placing the pouch in your mouth, you should shake it by moving it down and up. This will allow the tobacco to become packed together, therefore making it easier to experience its effects.

You can tell that the tobacco is correctly packed if the tobacco pieces are gathered on a single side of your pouch.

Also, keep in mind that you have to chew the product to experience the flavor. The chewing action will create flavorful juices. Then, when you are finished, you'll simply spit out the product.

In addition, note that when you use pouches, you will need to spit while they are in your mouth as well. That's because juices will build up in your mouth during this period.

Snuff

Snuff is another in-demand smokeless tobacco option. This product is shredded or finely ground leaves from a tobacco plant.

Snuff is available in both moist and dry forms. In addition, it is packaged in pouches that look like tea bags or tins.

To use this product, you will grab a pinch and put it between your gum and lower lip or your gum and cheek.

Before pinching the tobacco, you may want to shake the snuff tin between the pointer finger and thumb for around 10 seconds, moving down and up evenly. This should make pinching the tobacco pieces easier.

Alternatively, you may tap your snuff tins against hard surfaces to pack the tobacco before using it.

Note that with snuff, no chewing is necessary. Rather, the nicotine in the product is absorbed.

Smokeless Chewing Tobacco Use Tips for Newbies

If you're new to using smokeless chewing tobacco, consider beginning with a small tobacco amount -- for instance, a penny-sized amount. Then, as your comfort level with chewing tobacco grows, you can use a bigger amount.

Also, you may want to keep the tobacco toward the front of the mouth if you haven't used the product before. Eventually, you may feel comfortable placing it between the back teeth and cheek. However, if you keep the snuff between the bottom teeth and lip especially, you'll have an easier time keeping it in place.

In addition, when chewing tobacco is in your mouth, you can move it around slightly to release your product's nicotine. After chewing for a while, you can push the product back between the gums and cheek using your tongue. Feel free to repeat this process until you're finished using the product.

Try to chew lightly when using chewing tobacco. This will help you to avoid accidentally swallowing the product. This is important because if you get it in your stomach or throat, this may result in vomiting.

Keep in mind that when you're using chewing tobacco, you'll likely salivate heavily. Salivating is normal; it simply means that the product's oils are interacting with your saliva.

Also, during your first time using smokeless chewing tobacco, your heartbeat may be more rapid than normal. In addition, feeling a little lightheaded, dizzy, or nauseous is normal. The more you chew, the more these sensations will go away.

You'll also experience a buzz overall as you begin to feel the nicotine's effects.

Copenhagen Brand Products

If you're interested in trying out long-cut tobacco, consider taking advantage of Copenhagen's long-cut tobacco-flavored chewing tobacco. This loose-cut tobacco product is comprised of small tobacco strands.

Copenhagen's long-cut tobacco product has a succulent and sweet tobacco flavor that is long-lasting. For this reason, it's an excellent option for any chewing tobacco connoisseur who likes sweet tobacco. People with a sweet tooth can also enjoy Copenhagen's wintergreen long-cut option.

The long-cut tobacco option provides a powerful kick of nicotine in only a handful of minutes.

If you prefer your chewing tobacco to be less sweet, then Copenhagen's long-cut straight product may be a better option for you. Long-cut natural tobacco is another tasty option if you fall under this category.

Do you have a hankering for mint's refreshing taste in a form that isn't long-cut? Copenhagen's mint tobacco pouches offer the perfect flavor for satiating your taste buds. Wintergreen pouches are additionally available.

You can also dive into the brand's original-flavor pouches for the distinct taste of fresh tobacco in your mouth.

Feel free to also try out Copenhagen's snuff, which additionally features a tobacco flavor. This tobacco product is a loose-ground one, much like coffee. However, tobacco grains are a little bigger than coffee or sand grains.

History of Copenhagen Tobacco

The Copenhagen brand, which the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company manufactures, got its start in 1822. At that time, it was among the first ones to introduce chewing tobacco.

Today, Copenhagen remains a best-selling and authentic provider of premium tobacco. The brand's products are all made from tobacco that has been grown in the United States. You can recognize the brand by its products' traditional fiberboard cans with metal lids.

Copenhagen began with a single product called the Copenhagen Snuff. George Weyman manufactured this legendary product in his shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This took place before even paved roads and electric lightbulbs were the norm.

Although a fire leveled the city of Pittsburgh in 1845, it did not destroy Weyman's snuff shop. Twenty-one years later, the tobacco maven passed the tobacco production torch on to his sons, Benjamin and William. It ultimately became America's number-one-selling snuff.

The brand ended up producing a long-cut variant 175 years after the debut of its first product. This long-cut version was introduced in 1997.

In the 2000s, Copenhagen ramped up the production of various tobacco products. For instance, a product that tasted like bourbon debuted nationwide in April 2001. This took place following a successful test run with the tobacco in six states, which took place in July of 2000.

Then, 4.5 years later, Copenhagen's straight chewing tobacco product was announced. This straight-flavored product was introduced in February 2006.

That same year, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company announced a new promotion with a company called DipTops. This was done to produce branded spittoons featuring Copenhagen's name.

In addition, in 2007, Copenhagen released its Cope line with three delectable flavors: whiskey blend, straight, and smooth hickory.

Several more product varieties picked up steam in the market in the following years after Altria Group acquired the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company in 2009.

Today, the brand continues to promote the freshness and comfort that its products have become known for throughout the years.

Copenhagen Tobacco Production Process

Tobacco plants, which are tough, can be difficult to grow. However, Copenhagen has mastered the art and science of growing these plants.

The start of this process involves sowing tobacco seeds and giving them plenty of water, which will allow them to become sturdy enough to flourish in the soil. These seeds aren't much bigger than specks of dust.

Once a tobacco plant grows, Copenhagen then uses a technique called topping to rip off the plant's top flower. This time-tested strategy gives the tobacco leaves greater stability. It also provides tobacco plants with a robust shine and a rich green color.

Farmers use axes to harvest Copenhagen's tobacco plants by hand. The company then puts the plants through the most essential step of the production process: the aging and flavor part.

During the last steps, the company cures the tobacco leaves beneath smoldering hardwood. This takes place for around 30 days.

Afterward, all of the leaves sit inside a durable hogshead barrel till they are aged perfectly. The tobacco products are finally deemed worthy of the "Copenhagen" label when they achieve the timeless, signature taste the brand is known for.

Kodiak Smokeless Chewing Tobacco

Kodiak smokeless tobacco is the product of the American Snuff Company. This company additionally produces Grizzly tobacco products (more on this later).

Note that the American Snuff Company is the second-biggest smokeless chewing tobacco manufacturer in the United States. This company's claim to fame is the fact that it was the first to put moist snuff inside plastic cans. In addition, it was the first one to introduce the longer cut of tobacco.

Kodiak Tobacco Product Options

Kodiak's smokeless chewing tobacco products come in multiple flavors, ranging from mint to straight and wintergreen flavors.

For instance, you can give Kodiak's wintergreen pouches a try if you like the taste of strong mint. A long-cut wintergreen tobacco option is also available if you don't want to use a pouch.

You can furthermore enjoy the brand's long-cut straight flavor option. This Kodiak product features a mellow, smooth tobacco flavor. The taste of this loose-cut tobacco comes with a touch of sweetness and spice.

Another long-cut Kodiak option is mint chewing tobacco. This long-cut option offers a crisp and refreshing flavor in small tobacco strands.

Kodiak's long-cut tobacco products offer the benefit of having a larger amount of what's called unprotonated nicotine compared with other chewing tobacco brands. This type of nicotine is absorbed through your mouth and into your bloodstream to deliver a calming effect. It can also decrease feelings of frustration and anger.

You can also give Kodiak's natural snuff a try. This product is yet another popular option for exciting your endorphins and minimizing stress, just as caffeine does in coffee drinkers.

History and Appeal of Kodiak Tobacco Products

Kodiak's smokeless tobacco products made their debut in 1981. The company was a sponsor for NASCAR from the 1980s to the 1990s.

Noteworthy drivers who ended up driving for Kodiak included Stacy Compton, Steve Grissom, Ricky Craven, Ken Schrader, and Rusty Wallace. The tobacco company additionally sponsored Melling Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, and Larry Hedrick Motorsports.

Since the 1980s, Kodiak has earned recognition as a premium tobacco brand.

Customers have praised Kodiak tobacco for providing the best buzz and staying moist far longer than many other brands. Kodiak's products have also been praised for being long-lasting. That's because they are packed in tightly sealed containers that keep the dip fresh.

Kodiak's smokeless chewing tobacco is also known for its strong flavor. This makes this brand an excellent option if you don't care for the tobacco taste of chewing tobacco.

At the same time, Kodiak's tobacco products generally aren't rough on the users' gums. That means you can use them regularly without experiencing high levels of discomfort afterward.

Grizzly Smokeless Chewing Tobacco

Finally, Grizzly smokeless tobacco is another popular snuff option in the United States. This American Snuff Company product stands out in the market in that it uses dark-fired tobacco from the United States.

Experts carefully cut and blend all of the products in this brand's cans. They operate based on the belief that tobacco should always feature a tobacco taste no matter the form in which it is consumed. For this reason, Grizzly is a smokeless tobacco industry leader today.

Note that Grizzly products feature relatively high levels of nicotine. In light of this, it may be more suitable for experienced smokeless chewing tobacco users.

Grizzly Tobacco Product Options

Grizzly tobacco products are available in multiple forms, including long cut, fine cut, and pouch options. In addition, several flavors are available, including straight, natural, wintergreen, and mint flavors.

Grizzly smokeless chewing tobacco usually lasts for around 20 minutes.

If you're looking for something sweet, you may want to give Grizzly's dark wintergreen long-cut tobacco a try. This product offers a rich flavor combining quality dark tobacco and wintergreen.

You can also try out Grizzly's natural fine-cut tobacco option for the pure taste of tobacco. This loose-ground tobacco product is created by taking selected tobacco and blending them with complicated robust flavors. This captivating product's subtle flavor combinations have satisfied many customers over the years.

Straight original pouches are another flavorful Grizzly tobacco option. This product features the flavor of tobacco along with mellow yet tasty hints of spice and smoke.

Grizzly's snuff pouches are also an excellent option for getting your nicotine fix with a classic tobacco taste.

Grizzly's History and Tobacco Product Creation Process

Grizzly tobacco products made their debut in 2001 in three states. At the time, this brand consisted of just two flavors: natural fine cut and wintergreen long cut. However, by late 2002, the brand was available across the United States.

In 2014, Grizzly added a new product to its lineup: wintergreen wide-cut tobacco. They promoted the product as containing winder tobacco strands compared with their standard Grizzly long-cut option. They also marketed this product's long-lasting and bold wintergreen flavor.

In the fall of 2017, Grizzly added another new flavor called Dark Select. They described it as featuring a natural tobacco flavor with a touch of sweetness. The flavor was also smoky, making it even more distinct.

At the time, Grizzly emphasized that their "dark" products featured a more robust and richer flavor profile. They said they fire-cured these products to give them their smoky, rich flavor and decrease bitterness.

In 2019, the Grizzly brand relaunched its "dark" products with a brand-new tobacco can design. They did this to reinforce their premium position in the smokeless chewing tobacco market.

At this time, Grizzly also ramped up its efforts to advertise its products as featuring 100% United States tobacco. This move helped to make the brand stand out in the market. The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company has since used this strategy with its Copenhagen brand.

The Grizzly Tobacco Brand Today

During the past decade, Grizzly has become a best-selling chewing tobacco brand of products nationwide. This is a feat that no other smokeless chewing tobacco company has achieved.

Today, the brand holds a quarter of the overall smokeless chewing tobacco market. In addition, it holds around half of the overall market for wintergreen-flavor tobacco products. As a matter of fact, Grizzly's wintergreen long-cut product remains the market's top-selling dip.

For this reason, it may not come as a surprise that Grizzly is the American Snuff Company's flagship brand.

How We Can Help Those Seeking Tobacco Products

Today's leading smokeless chewing tobacco include Copenhagen, Kodiak, and Grizzly tobacco brands. With these brands, you can enjoy several popular flavors, ranging from wintergreen to mint.

Fortunately, at Granite Vapor, your leading vapor shop, we offer chewing tobacco as well as disposable vapes, nicotine pouches, and even coffee.

When it comes to our smokeless chewing tobacco, we carry long-cut, snuff, and pouches for each brand. Our chewing tobacco fits discreetly under the lip, offering the satisfaction of nicotine without the odor of smoking or vaping.

Contact us to learn more about our tobacco products and other offerings, and order today!