KFYR TV-A look back at ten years of Smoke Free ND
This story was done by KFYR-TV to honor the 10-year anniversary of North Dakota’s smoke-free air. Dr. Eric Johnson, one of TFND’s esteemed board members, was interviewed for the piece. To read the full story, click here.
TFND Announces Special Edition of Video Essay Scholarship Contest
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the passage North Dakota’s Smoke-Free Air Law, Tobacco Free North Dakota is announcing a special version of our Video Essay Scholarship Contest for all ND high school seniors. TFND is a statewide non-profit that advocates for policies to prevent youth initiation to tobacco and nicotine products with the goal of creating North Dakota’s first tobacco free generation. North Dakota High school seniors will have the opportunity to compete for a $1500 college scholarship. To participate students must submit a 1-3 minute video based on topics chosen by TFND. The contest is open to all high school seniors. This edition’s topics are:
• The importance of maintaining the state’s strong smoke-free air law.
• The smoke-free air law has been in place for 10 years! Many of the entrants in this contest probably don’t remember the “singers in a smoky room” restaurants. Interview your family, friends, and community members about what it was like when there was smoking in public, indoor spaces.
• Every single county voted in favor of the smoke-free air law in 2012, yet special interest groups are the ones trying to overturn it. How would you educate the community about what is going on?
• Secondhand smoke is dangerous to everyone exposed to it, and causes billions of dollars in healthcare costs nationally every year, yet it receives only a fraction of the attention that other tobacco dangers do. Show us why #SecondhandSmokeisNoJoke
To read more about the contest rules, please read our SMOKE-FREE AIR LAW VESC Contest Packet
TBIJ: Philip Morris Misleading the Public About Nicotine in Heated Tobacco
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism released a new report showing heated tobacco products from Philip Morris has significantly more nicotine than previously thought. The product claims to have 0.5 milligrams of nicotine per stick, but testing showed it has 4 mg of nicotine per stick. To read the full analysis, click here.
Badlands Symposium Materials
Here are the slideshows from the Badlands Symposium presentations. Each can be accessed by clicking on the name:
Badlands Symposium_Pharmacist Providers
Badlands Symposium_TFND_SmokeFreeAirLaw and This Is Quitting
Big Tobacco Pushes “Cash for Vape” In Australian Pharmacies
News broke that big tobacco companies are trying to push a “Cash for Vape” program with Australian pharmacists to encourage them to prescribe and distribute vaping devices and product. This is an incredibly devious plan and further proves that vaping is big tobacco in digital form. To read the response from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), click here.
New CDC Data Shows Costs of Tobacco in North Dakota
New CDC data shows that the cost of smoking nationally was more than $184 billion, including costs of $465 million in North Dakota. This is a first of its kind study to provide a detailed estimate to the costs of smoking. To read the study and appendix, follow the links below.
Appendix_Cost of Smoking-Attributable Productivity Losses, U.S., 2018
Cost of Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Productivity Losses, U.S., 2018
Members of US House, Senate Send Letters in Support of Menthol Ban
It is exciting to see so many members of Congress taking the menthol ban actions seriously and standing with us. Attached are two letters sent from various members of Congress to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We strongly support the FDA moving forward with a ban on menthol flavored products. These products disproportionately affect minority communities and make quit attempts less likely to be successful.
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