Daily National Democrat

Snuff Dipping in New York—Of this disgusting practice, sometimes called snuff digging, the New York Tribune says: "That our readers may form some idea of the enormous prevalence of this habit in their midst, we may state that one tobacconist, having a small store on Broadway, retails one hundred pounds per week to his "digging" customers alone. His snuffling customers consume but twenty five pounds. One firm, keeping a store on the Bowery and another down town, make and sell three barrels (seven hundred pounds) in the same number of days, all of which is consumed by women of New York city. The amount used by each digger varies from one quarter of a pound to a pound per week."