And then who are you intending to sell the tobbacco to? I am not sure if it is better to die instantly from a landmine or slowly from cancer.

This is how misinformed people are... GM crops have never been proven to cause cancer or any other illness for that matter, (that is, if you are listening to scientists instead of "green" lobby groups). Do you think that country regulators will allow the commercial cultivation of a "cancer" causing crop. Open your mind. Learn at least the basis of the technology.

I'm not the biggest fan of multi-national companies "milking" farmers for profits. But the second phase of the biotech revolution is slowly unfolding. GM crops are now being developed by public institutions, multinationals are giving patent to universities, crops with increased nutrition and resistance to drought have been developed....

People are a bit apprehensive (to say the least) when they first introduced the computer, saying that it will cause cancer, infertility and what not. That is understandable. For it it is human nature to fear something they don't understand.