Fifty years ago, author Pat Frank (”Alas Babylon”) wrote a postnuclear survival manual in which he stated,
“The day may come when a pound of tobacco is worth more than a pound of gold.”
He also recommended stocking up on .22lr `bricks’ as an alternate currency.
Anyway, lots of smokers out there. Demand, meet supply.
WOW!
According to Answers.com the retail price for a carton in Mich is about $60 a carton. Back in the 60s I should have bought a warehouse full of ‘em at $2.50/carton.
I read that when I was a kid, it was spectacular...