25 years until the end of the (pipe) world

[Bruck]

Never happen. This is pure fantasy.

Not a bad idea to stock up as a hedge against tax increases though.

[NeverBend]

Never happen. This is pure fantasy.

Not a bad idea to stock up as a hedge against tax increases though.

Hi Bruce,

Yeah, Beaglehole is a good alternative rock band name.

When I saw that name in the article I thought it might be a hoax.

I'm totally in favor of stocking up far beyond the the ageing aspect but for these reasons:
1 - Hedge against price increases (manufacturer).
2 - Hedge against future tax increases (government).
3 - Hedge against natural changes in crop changes especially from diminishing land dedicated to tobacco (farming).
4 - Hedge against the mixture being discontinued (economics).
5 - Hedge against rampant public opinion outlawing tobacco or nearly so like WA and MD (public opinion).

You have no excuse for having to bum weed when it's no longer available, or affordable, because you didn't stock up now while you could. Prices are still pretty reasonable in the USA (with empathy for our northerly Canadan brothers) and though the raw stocks are declining in quality and selection the quality is still good.

The drawbacks are that you have to lay out some cash and have the ability to store the tobacco properly but it's not very expensive. You're doing a great job by buying the raw leaf. More likely that in 25 years the growing of tobacco will be outlawed rather than the public wanting to smoke.

Pete