Musing on the front porch today, I wondered how much I've spent on tobacco, considering that I just started this hobby about five years ago.

Well, my stats on tobaccocellar.org:

• The cellar contains 261 tins and has 82 blends represented.
  
• We will find 61 lbs. 4 oz. of tobacco in the collection.
  
• This quantity of tobacco is estimated to fill approximately 9,807 of the owner's pipes.
  
• The cellar should endure 40 yrs, 10 mos at the defined smoking pace.

Hmmm. If there are 16oz in a pound...and I guesstimate an average cost of $2.90/oz (i.e., considering a rough average of about $40 per lb ($2.50/oz), and about $7 per 2oz tin ($3.50/oz))....then the result is:

((61 * 16) + 4) * 2.9 = $2,842

Yikes!! And that doesn't include what I've already smoked.

But...but.... I swear I just bought a fews tins here and an occasional pound there.....

Oh well....I guess that's why they call it TAD....

In an absolute sense, it seems like a lot, but compare it to a cigs or even cigars and you look positively thrifty. And the resale market for pipe tobacco makes it an investment, not just an indulgence.

...or at least that's what I keep telling myself.

Im not even going to try and think about how much I have invested in my cellar. If the tins in there only cost $7:00 per I would be happy. I think everybody has more dollar wise invested then they think but its well worth it considering $7:50 to $10:00 for a pack of cigs in New York, anyway pipe tobacco is a bargin when bought on line our tobacco tax is 46% plus sales tax 8.75% so a B&M is kind of out of reach a tin of GLP $9.42 at smokingpipes B&M here 14.57 and thats if they charge $9.42 for the tin to begin with not likely. Just keep building your cellars and hope they dont ban online sales.

I agree with Nate. I think we only have a few years before they start taxing online tobacco sales or just ban it all together. So, I would say....you're behind...

Indeed, I AGREE, here in Spain are increasingly getting worse every day laws and price rises but the snuff