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Jon CanfieldSean - to answer your question, both Hindus and Drums came in cigarette pack configurations. Out of the T-206 issue, only Polar Bear came in tobacco packs... all of the rest were packaged inside cigarette boxes.
Follow-up:
In your original post above, you stated "One reason Drum's are hard in VG/EX+ has to do with packaging." I am not sure if you are refering to the Drum loose tobacco pouches you sometimes see but if so, they were not part of the card distribution. The Drum tobacco pouches were produced by the ATC and the brand (ie, Drum) was the same brand as the Drum backs, but the T-206 cards were packaged in Drum cigarette boxes, not tobacco pouches. If you refer to the OCB article I wrote on T-206 packs, you will see a photo of the only Drum cigarette pack (albeit only part of it) I have ever seen.