steverino
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Question on tobacco tin sizeI know this is one of those questions the answer to which, in the final analysis, won't bring about world peace or solve the hunger problem, but I'm curious. The large tobacco tins like you buy PA, SWR, Edgeworth, etc. - why did the manufacturers settle on 14 ounces as the "standard", rather than an even pound? Just thought maybe some of our expert researchers might have run across this tidbit along the way.
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ozark southpaw
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Yeah,why is that?
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drbridges
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Because 16 oz. would be two too much.
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steverino
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Now why didn't I think of that? DON'T ANSWER THAT!
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Terry292
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Steve, I can't answer the why, but I can tell you tobacco tins used to be a full 16 oz. I think it was sometime in the seventies they started making 14 oz as the standard. Tobacco tins also come in 12 oz sizes. I buy a lot of John Middleton's Walnut, and it's a 12 oz can. I also have a couple of old ceramic Captain Black humidors, and they're 12 oz.
Terry
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steverino
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Thanks Terry, that's very interesting - I haven't been around pipes long enough to know that. That seems to put it into a little better perspective - just as Big Macs have gotten smaller along with everything else, so have tobacco tins. I'll bet the price stayed the same, though.
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Terry292
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I suspect price had a lot to do with the change. We went through another big anti-smoker phase back then, too. Joseph Califano (sp?), Jimmy Carter's Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (now thankfully defunct), was a rabid anti-smoker, and he started lobbying for greater restrictions on smokers and raising taxes. As a result, taxes went up on tobacco products. The smaller cans were probably an attempt by the manufacturers to keep prices down without sacrificing quality. That's just my take on the situation, though. It may have been something else entirely.
Terry
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