"This from a wanna-be tobacco grower?"
Still a LEGAL crop to grow last time I looked., LOL! You hate smoking? Work on a local ban and take it from there. I don't smoke, but I'll fight you every step of the way. :)
It's very lucrative, too. When I was in HS, farm kids were given a few acres to grow what they wanted. It taught them about how to tend a crop for a season, commitment, hard work...you know, all those USELESS values one learns on a farm. ;)
Most planted tobacco and came to school the next year in a sports car or shiney new Chevy pick--em-up truck.
If tobacco is so horrible, why isn't it just flat-out banned? Oh, that's right. The Government can't live without the extorted tax revenue that tobacco offers!