Glass jars would be costly because of the money involved, the weight, and the number I would need to store it all.
I already filled one plastic container (abt 1 1/2 gallons) and am through about a third of the bag, so we’re talking some serious volume.
After the apocalypse?
A pack of smokes will cost you a gallon of gas!
A pack of smokes already costs about 2.5 gallons. They will be more expensive than that.
Glass works well but can break, if that’s an issue for your situation.
If you want transportability/ruggedness, plastic is ok.
For temp, 70 F.
For humidity, the “always works” gauge, your experienced hands will never fail.
To calibrate your hands, make a point of noticing the feel prior to smoking, and remember how well it smoked in terms of smoking damp (swells, tight draw) all the way to smoking dry (burns too hot, too fast). Way too dry will crack in your hands as you handle it. Just right burns cool and even.
IMHO, yes, tobacco is a high value commodity in both good and bad times.
Dry tobacco can be gradually brought back to the right humidity over 1-3 weeks. (Dry cigars must be introduced to humidity gradually or the wrapper will crack, i.e., it will break up in slow motion.
Tobacco lasts forever if not damaged.
You can tell that we are far removed from early America, when tobacco was commonly known to be a fine substitute for money.
Use glass canning jars; they are not expensive and you can get them in different sizes, from half pint to gallon size.
Just pretreat the jars the same way you would for canning peaches or pears; drop in one of those oxygen absorbing packets that are used for dehydrated foods and seeds. Slap on the lid while the gum is still soft, tighten the ring and store in a cool dry place. I keep peaches, pears, sliced apples and all manner of preserved fruit and vegetables for years like this. Tastes as good as the day it went into the jars and I ain’t dead yet. Been canning my own harvest for several years now and love it. Only use the oxygen absorbent packets on dry goods; wouldn’t work to well on apple sauce or canned peaches now would it. I would recommend every body learn how to can and pickle, its not difficult, its a lot of fun (hard work to sometimes) and you get to eat it when you want to.