Tony is not showing anything. He's in the fucking ground.
But, you...you're still here trolling under the guise of a "good argument".
Here's what I can say about you, Fkskoal. When you quit, you had a brand you frequented. You hated this drug, and it came in a can with the word Skoal on it. Not only did you hate the stuff in the can, you hated the brand because that is what had you. Your name tells me all I need to know about how effective marketing was on you. What brought you to Skoal and what made that word so tainted that you said "fuck that" name?
BWT, Smokeless tobacco has been linked to esophagus, stomach, and pancreatic cancer (as well as the traditional mouth, tongue, cheek, gum, and throat cancers). ItÂ’s true that salivary cancer (what took Gwynn) is not on this list, but salivary cancer is quite rare in reality and there has been no research into the matter. It took over 20 years for scientists to link lung cancer to smoking, and that was with much more funding and examples. 1 out of 100,000 people get diagnosed with salivary cancer.
Not trolling. No cynicism, sarcasm, or belittling here. Just stating my position, civilly. It's like that old Jack Sparrow quote, "The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Understand?"
It's not trolling if we simply happen to disagree on what is a very nuanced topic.
Now, to answer your question- what brought me to Skoal is that it is quite literally the only brand of dip sold locally in my area (Brooklyn). There may be a few token bodegas or 711s that carry the occasional Cope, but Skoal is really the only thing readily stocked at any gas station around here. If you're lucky (well, unlucky, I guess). So, to your point, effective marketing is not really their forte around here. Because what made me choose that brand is pretty much geomarket dominance. In fact, if you walk into one of these stores and say Give me a can of dip, the cashier will have no idea what you're asking for. For 3-4 years I had to say "That round thing over there that says Skoal on it. The blue one." Lots of people in NYC don't know the terminology. Cigarettes obviously are a different story. In my case, aggressive marketing really did not contribute to what would ultimately become addiction. It was my own stupidity. I chose "FkSkoal" because that was literally the only brand behind the counter. The only other friend I knew who dipped never even referred to it as dip. It was always just Skoal, because that's all that was really available. As my career grew and I had more opportunities to travel for conferences, I would marvel at rows and rows of alternative brands in other states.
Plus, I'm really not that creative when it comes to picking names.
