Cigarettes served as money in some prisoner of war (POW) camps during World War II. Given this, we would expect to observe

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Since cigarettes were being used as money, we would expect to see prices of other goods expressed in terms of cigarettes. This would be a natural consequence of using cigarettes as a currency. Options A, B, and D do not necessarily follow from cigarettes being used as money in a POW camp. People would still smoke cigarettes, they may or may not resort to bartering, and other types of cigarettes could potentially be accepted as money as well.

Cigarettes Served as Money in Some Prisoner of War (POW)