Thanks for the responses. I'd read Burgett's books, but had forgotten about a tobacco field in Holland. The Dutch cigarettes that I used to smoke - hand rolling tobacco actually - had tobacco that came from Java - then the Dutch East Indies. It hadn't occurred to me that tobacco was grown in Holland.
I do remember in one of Burgett's books, or perhaps it was another account, that wartime British cigarettes weren't very good and seemed to contain straw.
In one of the German cities that ended up surrounded by the Russians and putting up a fight, the battle was covered in WW2 magazine. I forget which city, but it was notable for the local Gauleiter (Nazi party leader) who in charge of the defense actually doing a competent job and a resulting Alamo like fight against the Red Army. The article mentioned that the city's cigarette factory continued in operation throughout the battle, turning out what amounted to a half pack a day per defender.
I suppose that the Swedes could have also imported and resold tobacco products, as they did with ball bearings, iron ore, etc. in a now almost forgotten but a the time quite lucrative trade.
