The gist of the article was that without price supports tobacco was expected to collapse but that without any kind of taxpayer props or mickey mouse restrictions the American farmer can surprise even himself.
I wish I had seen that article. The last I read was that US growers could not compete with foreign groweres and were finding new crops to plant. RJR and other big tobacco buyers were buying from Turkey, India and Africa.
The new movie Wanted seems to have the same sort of premise; The noblest public service is assassination. (Kill one save a thousand)