Our Organization
The mission of Tobacco Free North Dakota is to improve and protect the public health of all North Dakotans by reducing the serious health and economic consequences of tobacco use, the state's number one cause of preventable disease and death.
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Partners
With reductions in funding and the closure of BreatheND (with the repeal of 2008’s Measure 3), the support of our Partners and Members is crucial for us to be able to continue our fight for North Dakota’s first tobacco free generation!
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Coalition
Tobacco Free North Dakota is focused on building partnerships with individuals who and organizations which support tobacco prevention efforts and policy changes that protect the public from the dangers of tobacco use.
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Will your children buy candy, gum or little cigars?
By Dr. Tom Frieden, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Dr. Tom Frieden is director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CNN) — They’re on display at cash registers all across America: Candy bars, packs of gum — and little cigars. In some cases, those cigars aren’t tucked away behind the counter where only the attendant can […]
E-cigs: Just how safe are they?
Article by: JEREMY OLSON , Star Tribune One of the great unanswered questions for smokers who are trying to quit — and for the advocacy groups trying to help them — is whether electronic cigarettes are friends or foes. University of Minnesota researchers aim to address that dilemma with a study examining exactly what smokers inhale when […]
FDA’s anti-smoking campaign to target teens
By Brady Dennis Early next year, half a century after the U.S. surgeon general first proclaimed the deadly effects of smoking, the Food and Drug Administration will launch a public health campaign unlike any the federal government has ever attempted. Slick, data-driven and well-funded, the effort could cost up to $600 million over the next five years, all […]
North Dakota No. 1 in protecting kids from tobacco
By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM WASHINGTON – North Dakota is ranked first in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and to help smokers quit, according to a report released Monday by a coalition of public health organizations. The state will spend $9.5 million in fiscal year 2014 on tobacco prevention and cessation programs. […]
E-cigarettes cause alarming increase in calls to poison control center
Kentucky Regional Poison Control Center sees 333-percent increase LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the debate about electronic cigarette regulation continues with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and device manufacturers, data from one state poses concerns that should be part of the conversation. E-cigarettes consist of a rechargeable lithium battery, a liquid cartridge and an […]