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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Crutch or cure: issues surround use of e-cigarettes
By Stephen Rickerl/Fremont Tribune The meteoric rise in popularity of e-cigarettes has some people scratching their heads as to whether the tobacco-less devices are a new tool in smoking cessation or a Trojan horse that could undo decades of anti-smoking campaigns. Electronic cigarettes are devices that primarily consist of a battery, heating coil, wick and […]
Tobacco Myths Persist 50 Years After US Surgeon General Warned Americans of Smoking Dangers
Tobacco misconceptions prevail in the United States despite the dramatic drop in smoking rates since the release of the first Surgeon General’s Report on smoking and health in January 1964. Experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center dispel common myths and share new educational resources to address this persistent challenge. “Since 1964, […]
Representative Phyllis Kahn proposes ban on indoor e-cigarettes
By Allison Kronberg Minnesota could start treating e-cigarettes just like regular cigarettes. Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, proposed a bill Friday to include e-cigarettes in the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, which she authored in 1975, that would ban their use indoors. She said she’s proposing the bill because the health effects of e-cigarettes are unclear, the […]
Reynolds Launches E-Mail Alert Feature
Published in Tobacco E-News Melissa Vonder Haar, Tobacco Editor WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —Today, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has announced a new feature on its Transform Tobacco website to immediately notify retailers, wholesalers and adult tobacco consumers when a tobacco-related issue arises in their state. Instead of checking the website, individuals can now sign up to receive electronic notifications via email […]
FDA: cigarette of the future could be non-addictive
By Deborah Kotz | GLOBE STAFF The US Food and Drug Administration submitted plans several weeks ago to increase regulation of tobacco products including chewing tobacco, cigars, and likely electronic cigarettes — which produce a nicotine vapor that’s inhaled. While the agency hasn’t announced what those restrictions will be — since they’re being reviewed by the White […]