Local

Otero County Community Health Council - A group of about 200 health-related organizations in Otero County, New Mexico. OTEC is a member.

OTEC Yahoo! Group - mailing list and discussion group for OTEC news

New Mexico

Smoke Free New Mexico - information site about the new indoor smoking law, Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act. Background information on the law, ways for smokers to get help, posters, cards, business owner checklist, news from around the state.

New Mexicans Concerned About Tobacco - NMCAT - statewide pressure group; web site includes a set of helpful links and a directory of all local groups.

National

Tobacco.org - Tobacco News and Information. You can sign up for a personalized daily email newsletter

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights - good for smokefree status of states and localities, also has good background articles

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - focuses on youth issues

ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) - pressure group that works mostly at the federal level; encourages litigation. Web site focuses on legal issues but also carries health information and tobacco news from around the world.

Surgeon General on Tobacco - latest health information on tobacco, also has Surgeon General reports on smoking and secondhand smoke

Far-out stuff

The Truth - parodies, satires, guerrilla actions on tobacco. Also visit their MySpace page.

The Opposition

FOREST (Freedom Organization for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco) - British organization, mostly sticks to the facts and admits smoking is harmful but urges moderation and tolerance. Freely admits it is funded primarily by tobacco companies.

Smoker's Club - Mostly opinion pieces, and anecdotes about "ban damage" (the purported harmful effects of tobacco control).
Forces International - A "denialism" site, denies that tobacco has been proved to have any harmful effects, devises imaginative alternative explanations of scientific evidence that other people think proves tobacco is harmful.