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TIL the UK Parliament has a snuff box that must be kept full at all time and is free for use by all MPs.

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Parliamentary snuff box - Wikipedia

It was also noted that while under the Health Act 2006 it is illegal to give out free tobacco in the United Kingdom, Parliament is exempt from this as the Palace of Westminster is a royal palace, and therefore legally exempt from the legislation.

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Used to do snuff because my workplace banned smoking anywhere on campus. I'd go in the bathroom and snort a pinch a few times a day.
Hanging out at the guy's cube next to the door, I was horrified to find that you can hear everything in there! Fuck me. There could hear me snorting and see me coming out with red eyes. My supervisor, who was great woman, asked me very nicely if I had a drug problem because of the "tracks" on my arm. (It was a caring thing, not a nosy thing.) LOL, they were burns from working in a rubber plant that hadn't faded yet.
Anyway, that was my first tech support job and I got my hands on a 386 Windows 3.11 machine! Started my career.
- I honestly didn't know anyone did snuff any more.
  
  I'll order some online every now and then. For some reason they sell snuff in Europe and not snus(dip) and in the states it's the opposite.
  Snuff is quite invigorating, like snorting a cup of coffee or something. It also makes everything smell nice for a long time as it's scented like fruits and perfume. Of course there's the sneezing and brown boogers too though.
  
  I didnt even know you actually snort the shit. That sounds painful.
  
  It was very popular on high schools in mid 2000s here. I guess easier to hide than smoking.
  
  It's still very popular in Germany, you can find it in every tobacco store and most supermarkets.
  
  I did it in the mid to late aughts. They sold it at all the gas stations that had the weird flavored Camels that came in tins. Got bored of it eventually but it was widely sold then.
  
  theres a pub in dublin, ireland that sells it from behind the bar. kinda fun as a novelty. mulligans on poolbeg st
- Back in the 80s they'd give schoolkids cocaine, pretty sure your boss was bumping.
There ought to be a documentary made about this, but snuff films are illegal.
- How old are your children?
  
  grown up lol
I love how UK has so many of these weird traditions that just went too far and now everyone just feels bad to stop it
By that line of reasoning they can also shoot up speedballs whenever they feel like it. Man the people who write the rules just casually flaunting their invincibility to thus aforementioned rules.
- It's a monarchy. I don't think there was ever an expectation of equality.
  
  Really the complete opposite.
- "Rules for thee, writing the rules to control you while snorting stimulants for me" 😌
I love these old, mostly-harmless traditions.
- This one is especially harmless
  the last recorded instance of an MP taking snuff was in 1989, when 1.5 ounces (43 g) was taken at a cost of 99p
  
  I genuinely find that surprising given the corpses that have been haunting that place over the past decade or so
  
  interesting, as the article mentions that it is free.
  
  Honestly, I'd try that just to put my name on the page of that record book.
TIL smoking was banned from the house in the 1600s!
- That was before they knew the health problems with secondhand smoke, but also before the invention of fire extinguishers.
  
  Definitely before they knew, but not before some suspected.

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