A couple years ago I started using a vape, Ya, not proud but I can explain. Lousy day working on a project in the garage, nothing going right. Girlfriend walks in and I suggest sitting in the yard and smoking a cigar. I rarely smoked cigars, know little about what is good, and I am certain the $3 or $5 ones I was buying were not high quality but luckily I grabbed a random one that tasted great so I was puffing more frequently enjoying the taste. After a bit my water was empty so I stood up to get a refill, and my head started spinning so I sat down and dang I felt relaxed. The first time in a long time I felt relaxed. Obviously the nicotine doing its thing. Sooo, my GF sent a text to her son to bring home a vape, he grabbed a mint with menthol. A few hours later he handed it to her and she handed it to me and I said NO WAY. She reminded me about earlier so I tried it and again I felt the wave of relaxation. So I used it occasionally throughout the day and after a few months I realized I was taking less and less allergy medication because the menthol was keeping my sinuses clear.
Fast forward to last summer when I was flying to Michigan and couldn't use the vape on the plane or in airports. I bought some nicotine gum. It seemed kind of pricy but it worked and I slept like a baby on both flights, each way. I would occasionally use the gum instead of the vape depending on where I was or what I was doing. Yesterday I bought some more gum, about $50 for 160 pieces of the store brand. They are in sealed individual packs, that are a pain to open, but obviously well packaged and should store a long time.
Now to my point, if SHTF and cigarettes are difficult to find, and difficult to store long term without them going stale it wont be long before people start getting edgy. Myself included but occasionally I back off for a few days and can tolerate the lack of nicotine so I wont be as bad as most. I think for a $50 investment for a pack of 160 well packaged little bits of joy it could have some good trade value when the time comes. If stored in a cool dry place it should last a long time, and even if it did get hard and stale I doubt someone would care if they were in need.
Just a thought.
Michael
Fast forward to last summer when I was flying to Michigan and couldn't use the vape on the plane or in airports. I bought some nicotine gum. It seemed kind of pricy but it worked and I slept like a baby on both flights, each way. I would occasionally use the gum instead of the vape depending on where I was or what I was doing. Yesterday I bought some more gum, about $50 for 160 pieces of the store brand. They are in sealed individual packs, that are a pain to open, but obviously well packaged and should store a long time.
Now to my point, if SHTF and cigarettes are difficult to find, and difficult to store long term without them going stale it wont be long before people start getting edgy. Myself included but occasionally I back off for a few days and can tolerate the lack of nicotine so I wont be as bad as most. I think for a $50 investment for a pack of 160 well packaged little bits of joy it could have some good trade value when the time comes. If stored in a cool dry place it should last a long time, and even if it did get hard and stale I doubt someone would care if they were in need.
Just a thought.
Michael