Are Cigarettes As Good as Gold?
July 25th, 2011
The new dollar?
In 2019, our rebels attempt to combat the crisis of hyperinflation that grips America. Their method of doing so is through minting their own silver because it contains its own value. In the end, though, that is what money really is: anything that people believe has its own value. In our video should the dollar cease to exist, we got a lot of different responses on what people consider valuable.
While many people believe gold or silver to be the most valuable asset, there is one thing that could have value in a post-apocalyptic world: cigarettes.
According to author Dan Martin, author of the book , he would stock up on cigarettes so he could use them as currency when the dollar eventually crashes. Mr. Martin believes that anything people “can’t live without” would be a valuable commodity, and can be easily exchanged for goods and services.
While he is not a smoker, Mr. Martin recognizes that throughout history, people have used cigarettes as currency. One example of the value of cigarettes was in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Brighten Up”, which told of his experiences as a POW in Dresden:
While smoking is a nasty habit, if the dollar does become worthless by 2019, cigarettes, which always has a high demand, may be worth their weight in gold (or silver in the case of our rebels). So if you’re planning on quitting smoking, save your leftover packs of Marlboros and Camels….they may just make you a rich person someday.
