Cedar is OK for personal items that you are not preserving for posterity. Although it has been promoted as a bug repellant for a good long time, I'm not sure the cedar does anything positive except impart a smell that many find pleasant. I understand that the oils/vapor that give this smell are detrimental to preserving items.

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