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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UTTC goes tobacco free
By Hannah Johnson BISMARCK, N.D. _ United Tribes Technical College will become a tobacco-free campus starting Jan. 1. Both the University of Mary and Bismarck State College have already gone tobacco-free. United Tribes is the first tribal college in the state to do so. The policy was spearheaded by the Wellness Circle, a group at UTTC […]
Regulation push catching up with electronic cigarettes
By John Keilman and Mitch Smith, Chicago Tribune reporters Jay Altman smoked cigarettes for 25 years before deciding a few months ago that for the sake of his wallet and his health, a change was in order. But Altman didn’t quit — he switched. The North Side insurance worker swapped his daily pack and a half of […]
CDC: More teens smoking e-cigarettes, hookah
By RYAN JASLOW / CBS NEWS More middle and high school students are smoking electronic cigarettes, hookahs and cigars, according to a new government report form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While rates for those tobacco products have increased, overall youth smoking rates haven’t declined at all, a concerning figure for health officials. “We need effective […]
More U.S. Teens Try E-Cigarettes, Hookahs: Report
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter – US News (HealthDay News) — The rapidly growing use of electronic cigarettes, hookahs and other smoking alternatives by middle school and high school students concerns U.S. health officials. While use of these devices nearly doubled in some cases between 2011 and 2012, no corresponding decline has been seen in cigarette […]
ND smoking ban: 1 year later; Support increases, businesses see no change
By Katherine Grandstrand, The Dickinson Press Support has only increased in the year since North Dakota voters decided to end smoking in bars, the group that lobbied to implement the law said. North Dakotans got the measure on last November’s general election ballot and it passed with a supermajority of 67 percent. Three months later, […]