So I have come into possession of a sort of ration pack from World War 2. It was wrapped in what looked like an airtight package until about 4 months ago. Inside were matches, napkin, some random shit, and a small box of cigarettes in an independently plastic-wrapped box. I also had a seperate, open box, so I know that they comes 9 to a box and they are unfiltered.

My question is, since they are still wrapped up, are they any good? And/Or would they be worth a lot? Im thinking they would be safer since they would have been manufactured back before they started putting rat poison and all that shit into cigarettes.

i think i would keep it.

i imagine they will be worth a few hundred dollars (WWII memorabilia)
after a couple of decades.
it might be worth a hundred now (to a serious collector)

if you want to smoke it,

i heard smokes get stale after a couple of months,
and taste awful

pics noob!

Sheesh. That big list of 5,000 chemicals are not things that tobacco companies necessarily ADD to cigarettes. You think they ADD carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide to cigarettes? If you don't understand what that list means, don't say they are 'putting rat poison and all that shit in...", because thats not what's happening.

However, why would you WANT to smoke them? IF you want to 'experience' older cigarettes... get a pack of Lucky Strikes. The flavor they blend their cigarettes to match has NOT changed since the second world war (make sure you get unfiltered Lucky Strikes if you live in Europe). They're hard to find in the states now, but worth it - as they're really good cigarettes anyway.

I can't imagine another reason. Why not save them? Collectible they probably aren't, but a nice piece of memorabilia from a VERY important part of our history.

Btw, a lot of cheaper brands USED to be decent brands 60 years ago. Things like Viceroy for example, now are super cheap cigarettes. But they once were popular brands, and still have the same blend of tobacco.

Listen to sambob, those cigarettes are going to be more stale than a hippies underwear.

This seems like a good enough place to say that American Marlboro lights taste like arse but the European ones aren't bad!

Tobacco does not last that long, unless kept in a cold place. Farmers around here are not able to sell there crop a year after it is harvested and is left in the barn, all bailed up.

Shit is gonna taste like DEATH. Find a collector and be nice.

OH no no no no. Cold places have little humidity, tobacco needs humidity to stay 'fresh'.

A couple of people I know used to keep a packet of cigarettes in the fridge. Not too sure why.

Probably because they don't know any better.

My guess is because they are thick.