In my time in the military, the cigarettes were gone, but Tabasco was always available in the dining facilities, snack bars, and MREs. It kind of became the go to for dressing up otherwise bland foods, and it becomes a "known," taste.
Ironically, when I left the military I relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana about 10-15 miles from the Tabasco plant on Avery Island, where one can sample and even purchase some of the newer Tabasco products before they hit the more widespread marketplace. There are a lot of other little local hot sauce companies in southern Louisiana that are on par, or perhaps even better than Tabasco, but Tabasco dominates the market with consistency and global distribution network.
I had hundreds of those tiny tobasco bottles, unused