I believe English law required that any pipe tobacco flavoring be entirely natural, which would explain that there is no chemical taste, and these tins were made before English tobacco was required to have mold retardants which explains it's tendency to dry out if not kept in a proper humidifier
Instead this ban forbids the purchase of flavored tobacco, including menthol, to adults
that could be rubbed out and buffed by a jeweler
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's annual update on Americans' smoking habits finds the rate of cigarette smoking among the adult population near the low point in the more than 60-year history of this question
It does not take much imagination, especially after America's experiment with alcohol prohibition, to see that fighting this impulse could generate an intrusive enforcement regime and a growing disrespect for the law.[*] Intrusiveness and lawlessness would be more than just unpleasant: They could undermine people's pursuit of happiness