I wanted to share something I've been doing and I think is a good prep idea, for those that enjoy a good smoke. I recently bought 5 lbs of whole natural leaf tobacco online. I also bought a stainless steel hand operated shredder, and rolling papers.
I've been learning a bit about this, and have been shredding the leaves, and rolling my own smokes.
The tobacco is fantastic, and I could never go back to any of the big corp taxed cigarette scams again.
Also, 5 lbs of tobacco leaf is a large amount, 2 very large bags, which will probably last me several months. For around $70. I plan on ordering more, and having at least a years supply of tobacco for me and others.
I know smoking is bad, but there's a few things in life that will be worth their weight in gold during SHTF. Food, water, ammo, coffee....and tobacco.
To be able to have plenty of tobacco leaves on hand, a shredder, and able to roll smokes....that's a GREAT barter item.