How to Use Apres Snus in Australia

You use Apres by placing one pouch between your upper lip and gum, leaving it there for 30 to 60 minutes depending on your preference, then taking it out and putting it in a bin. The routine is the same for every can of Apres snus on our Australian shelf, which runs from 4.4mg to 11mg per pouch, so the real first time decision is strength rather than technique. This page is for adults 18+, and we deliver to Australia.

A first pouch is rather like the first drive in a rental car collected at Brisbane Airport. You find the indicators and adjust the mirrors before joining the freeway, and by the second day nobody gives them a thought. Apres snus works the same way, because the few details worth checking on day one become habit within a week. The numbers are printed on every can, and the full set of Apres Snus Strengths and mg Levels in Australia explains each band in detail, so the table below concentrates on what changes between the first pouch and the hundredth.

How Should You Handle Your Very First Apres Snus Pouch?

Start with a lighter can, tuck one pouch under the upper lip, give it the shorter end of the 30 to 60 minute window, and then take it out. Each of those parts is brief, and the sections below follow the order in which you meet them, from the closed can on the kitchen bench to the empty spot under your lip.

Opening the Can

Lift the lid and take out one pouch, then close the lid straight away. The can is a plastic tin with a lid, and keeping it shut between pouches is the whole of the handling routine. Each standard can holds a single flavour at a single strength, so the number and flavour name on the lid tell you exactly what is inside before you open it.

Placing the Pouch

Slide the pouch between your upper lip and gum and leave it to rest. It sits in place without folding, pressing or any attention from you, and a small bulge under the lip is normal at first. Most people notice the pouch mainly when they move their upper lip, for example when speaking or smiling, and that awareness fades as the pouch settles.

Leaving It In

Apres snus needs no chewing, no sucking and no spitting, so the pouch rests in place while the flavour comes through. Most people leave a pouch in somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes, whichever suits them. For a first try, the shorter end of that range makes the experience easy to judge, and the page on How Long Does an Apres Last in Australia? goes through what moves a session towards one end or the other.

Taking It Out

When you have had enough, take the pouch out and put it in a bin. That is the whole process. The time in is a matter of preference, so a pouch can come out earlier if it has done its job, and a different flavour for the next pouch is a change worth making before anything else. The guide to which Apres flavour is best lines the flavours up side by side for exactly that decision.

What Does an Apres Pouch Feel Like Once It Is In?

An Apres pouch feels like a soft, slim pad resting against the gum, with the flavour arriving first and a light tingle often following. That tingle is a sensation and tells you very little about strength, so the mg figure on the can remains the number to go by. The pouches contain nicotine but no tobacco, and the ingredient list on the can includes plant fibre, water, flavourings, salt and a sweetener. As such, the taste of each can is led by its named flavour, which is why a blueberry pouch tastes of blueberry from the start.

There is no spitting with Apres snus, because the pouch stays closed around its filling for the whole session. You can walk along the Yarra in Melbourne, sit through a meeting in the Brisbane CBD or wait for a flat white, and the pouch stays in the background. A pouch that starts out fairly dry softens as it sits. On day one, the pouch rests in place and needs no adjusting once it is settled.

Does the Way You Use Apres Change Between the Lines?

The method stays the same across every Apres line, and only the strength and flavour change from can to can. The range is split by strength, and on our Australian shelf that means Normal, Extra Strong and Hyper Strong cans, plus a limited edition collaboration that sits between the lighter and middle steps. A fuller look at what the Apres lines are sets out which flavours belong in each, so the only thing worth settling before your first pouch is which strength to start from.

What Each Lid Tells You

Every can is white with a coloured ring, with the brand name in a serif type, a number above it and the flavour name in capitals below. A row of small dots at the edge shows strength. Extra Strong cans carry a small black tab with those words on it, while Hyper Strong cans add a red banner and five dots, so the strength is readable from across the room. Those marks earn their keep on a busy morning in a Newtown share house, when a lighter can and a stronger one sit side by side on the kitchen bench.

The Limoncello can is the odd one out, with its lid marked as a limited collaboration. For anyone meeting the brand for the first time, the page on what Apres is covers the company behind the cans, and the page on where you can buy Apres in Australia deals with supply.

What Strength of Apres Should a Beginner Pick?

A beginner is best served by the lighter end of the shelf, and in Australia that means Apres Blueberry 4.4mg at 4.4mg per pouch or Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg at 5.5mg per pouch. Both fall in the Light band of our strength scale, which covers 1 to 8mg per pouch. Apres Blueberry 4.4mg is a Normal can with a berry flavour, while Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg is a limited edition collaboration at 5.5mg per pouch. Either of those two keeps the first few sessions simple to read.

The next step up from Apres Blueberry 4.4mg and Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg is 8.3mg per pouch, which sits in the Medium band of our scale. Apres Appletini 8.3mg is an Appletini flavour at 8.3mg per pouch, and it shares that strength with Apres Cactus Lime 8.3mg, Apres Cola 8.3mg, Apres Ice Tea Peach 8.3mg and Apres Lemon Curd 8.3mg. Moving from Apres Blueberry 4.4mg to Apres Appletini 8.3mg nearly doubles the nicotine per pouch. That being said, the steps for using each pouch stay identical, so the move up is a choice about the can, made once the lighter one feels routine after a few days.

What Does a Normal Day With Apres Snus Look Like?

A normal day repeats the steps of the first pouch, with more freedom over timing and flavour once a strength feels settled. The useful habit is to hold the strength steady and let the flavour change, because that way each pouch is a choice about taste alone. A morning train into Sydney and an evening in a Perth backyard call for different moods, and the Apres shelf has enough flavours at the same strength to cover both without any jump in nicotine.

Changing Flavours at One Strength

Apres Menthol 8.3mg offers menthol at 8.3mg per pouch, and Apres Tangerine Spritz 8.3mg brings tangerine at the same 8.3mg per pouch, so a day can move between Apres Menthol 8.3mg and Apres Tangerine Spritz 8.3mg while the nicotine per pouch stays exactly where it was. Anyone searching for an Apres spritz in Australia will also find Apres Hugo Spritz 11mg, Apres Pink Spritz 11mg and Apres Tangerine Spritz 11mg on our shelf, each at 11mg per pouch, for adults who have already settled into the higher strength.

Spacing Pouches Through the Day

Finishing one pouch before opening the next makes it easy to keep track of the day, and the can fits in a pocket or bag with the lid shut. Each used pouch goes straight in a bin rather than back in the can. So, the everyday version of Apres snus is the first time version with fewer decisions attached, and the 30 to 60 minute window gives plenty of room to fit around work, travel and a lunch break.

What Does Hyper Strong Mean on an Apres Can?

Hyper Strong on an Apres can means 11mg per pouch, the highest strength the brand has on our Australian shelf. Extra Strong means 8.3mg per pouch, and Normal, in the can we carry, means 4.4mg per pouch. Not every can uses those words in its name, so the mg figure is the reliable guide: Apres Appletini 8.3mg is 8.3mg per pouch and Apres Pink Spritz 11mg is 11mg per pouch, whatever the label wording.

Apres Banana 11mg is a Hyper Strong can at 11mg per pouch, and it sits alongside Apres Blueberry 11mg, Apres Cactus Lime 11mg, Apres Cola 11mg, Apres Ice Tea Peach 11mg, Apres Menthol 11mg and Apres Mochaccino 11mg, all at the same strength.

Using an 11mg pouch involves exactly the same steps as using a 4.4mg one, because the difference sits in the can rather than the technique. Several flavours come at two strengths, so Apres Cactus Lime 8.3mg and Apres Cactus Lime 11mg let a reader keep the same flavour while choosing the strength separately, and the same goes for Apres Cola 8.3mg and Apres Cola 11mg. Apres Cactus Lime 11mg, Apres Cola 11mg and the other Hyper Strong cans offer the same flavours as their 8.3mg versions at 11mg per pouch, while Apres Blueberry 4.4mg and Apres Limoncello Dicapri Limited Edition 5.5mg sit at the lighter end of the shelf.

How Should You Store Apres Snus and Dispose of Used Pouches?

Keep the lid closed on the can between pouches, and put each used pouch in a bin once you have finished with it. The can itself is recyclable plastic, so the empty tin goes in with the plastics once the last pouch is gone. That covers the whole end of the routine, from the bench in a Perth kitchen to a bag on a Melbourne tram.

When the time comes to restock, you can buy snus from every brand we carry, and our snus range shows how Apres sits beside the rest of the shelf. We deliver to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, and the routine is the same in every one of them. For your first pouch, open a lighter can, place one pouch under your upper lip, give it the shorter end of the window and note how the flavour and strength suit you before choosing the next can.