Any Hope?

Well I've never grown before, but have had a deep desire to for some time now. I just recently got about 100+ seeds from my dear old dad's smoking days. Now the problem is that these babies range from 5 - 18 years old. I've started around 30 of them 2 weeks ago and still nothing. My hope is that through probability at least one will be viable... but should I even bother is my question? As I said I'm new to growing, so any advice would be great. As a side note they were stored in a airtight Tupperware container if that matters.

Ive heard of people having seeds for incredibly long periods of time and able to germinate them... Not sure how they where kept but I know they like darkness airtite and moderate temps.. how are you germinating? I would think that the ones that have been going for 2 weeks are probably not gonna do anything, but that may be your method of germination.

the majority of them should germinate go for it!
and read up:https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq

give your old, left over seeds a good squeeze, completely dead dried out seeds will crush and turn to dust. float the uncrushable seeds in a glass of water until they sink, may take several days. germinate the seeds that sink in a very DAMP, not soaking wet, paper towel, plant those that sprout, 3/4 of an inch under the soil, tap root DOWN. good luck

Thanks for the help. Today I noticed a very tiny seedling coming up! So tiny in-fact that now I'm a bit worried it may be something else (although I don't know how), not sure how big the seedling should be? I suppose I'll just have to wait, but I have started some new seeds with some of the suggestions posted.

Keep trying. Undamaged seeds have been known to remain viable for decades. Germination ratio decreases with time, but you should see some plants.