Is Your Tobacco Cellar Large Enough to Outlive You?

[admin]

That's the question of the day, and here's Fred Brown's answer. (This is a fun read.)

Tad Gone Wild

 

[briarbuck]

 

[mityahicks]

Maybe.

 

[canucklehead]

Hard to answer, any of us could die at any time. My "cellar" also contains a couple boxes of homegrown and a few containers of tobacco seed, so I could theoretically never run out of tobacco.

 

[sandollars]

No doubt.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Unless I live past 100, I'm good. But I'll still buy some more, to fill in a few gaps, just in case. In relative terms, pipe tobacco is cheap and isn't likely to go down in price. I'd rather die with a mountain left to smoke than find myself wanting for something at some point down the road. Unless something catastrophic happens or my wife passes and I marry a 22 year old over sexed bombshell, my children and grandchildren will be reasonably well taken care of.

 

[anotherbob]

I could die in a few days. So frankly I only buy what I plan to smoke.

 

[dcon]

I am sure that when I get around to that inventory the answer is, yes. However, I still remain in acquisition mode because new blends peak my interest and I might, God willing. need more of my favorites.

 

[blues4goose]

Phew, I think I have enough opened tins at home to not have to open a new one for several years. Once you factor in the sealed jars and tins, probably decades. If I stay at this company indefinitely, you can factor in all the blends here at the office I have access to, and it'd easily last the rest of my life.

 

[ray47]

At my age (almost 73) I do believe I'm set. There will probably be enough left to provide someone with about 5 yrs of smoking.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

at the rate I smoke, Ive got about 3 years worth.. so assuming I live to a normal life expectancy..... nope

 

[alaskanpiper]

Most likely more than enough at the rate I (currently) smoke.

 

[Elric]

I have 17 years worth at my current pace. Hmmm, might be touch-and-go; I better go buy more tobacco!

 

[Sonorisis]

Fer sure!

 

[gervais]

I'm 35, and I probably have enough to last till I'm 55-60 (rough estimate). I still have a little more squirreling away to do before I'm comfortable. This is all based on my current 2-4 bowls a week. If my consumption increases, I'll need much more

 

[raevans]

Enough to outlive me? Yes. But not quite enough to stoke the funeral pyre, so I guess that I will probably keep buying.

 

[python]

Not yet, but I'm working on it.

 

[spartacus]

2 lifetimes.

 

[Casual]

Under some assumptions, I have enough. Under other assumptions, I will run out a couple of years after retirement.

Its a gamble.

 

[kschatey]

Unlikely, but maybe. I just started this hobby late last year and am currently an infrequent smoker. That may change, but the bigger concern is that there is still so much out there that would be nice to try. However, this is a bit like my beer hobby in that I know that I can't possibly try them all and don't try.

Right now I have 16 open tobaccos in jars and probably another 12-16 other different tobaccos in sealed tins for later. I have resolved not to open anything new until a jar is empty. At the rate I'm smoking, what I already have could likely last for many years. But that could change and there is plenty of tins I would like to have in the cellar to try later just in case they do become unavailable. I only wish that I would have bought more tobacco before the state excise tax went into effect, but I was unaware of that as I was just dipping a toe into the hobby at that time. Oh well. It's still not a terrible cost now, but I haven't yet been able to justify it to myself (and definitely not to my wife) that I need any more in the cellar than what I currently have, even with the possible impending tobacco apocalypse within the next year or so.