FOREST (an acronym for "Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco") is a United Kingdom political pressure group that campaigns for the right of people to smoke tobacco and opposes attempts to ban or reduce tobacco consumption. FOREST also disputes the health risks of smoking. Describing itself as the "voice and friend of the smoker", FOREST is an astroturf group created and primarily funded by the tobacco industry. History FOREST was officially founded in 1979 by former Air Ch… (More on Forests)