If not for personal use and morale, then for trade.
If you're not a smoker and you want to have some tobacco in case of trade need, go with "rollies". Get a bag of cheap tobacco and a couple of books of rolling papers. way cheaper than spending on a carton of smokes you'll not need for yourself.
I don't know who downvoted this, it might be the best answer. In Yugoslavia tobacco and alcohol were something everyone wanted and if nothing else perfect for barter
Tobacco and alcohol.
If not for personal use and morale, then for trade.
If you're not a smoker and you want to have some tobacco in case of trade need, go with "rollies". Get a bag of cheap tobacco and a couple of books of rolling papers. way cheaper than spending on a carton of smokes you'll not need for yourself.
I don't know who downvoted this, it might be the best answer. In Yugoslavia tobacco and alcohol were something everyone wanted and if nothing else perfect for barter
Heck the currency of the western zone in occupied Germany was American cigarettes! Before they instituted the DM.