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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Tobacco Marketing Costs Exceed Those of Prevention Efforts
By Marisa DeCandido – email There’s been a statewide effort over the past several years to cut down on tobacco use in North Dakota. And state lawmakers now know exactly how much those prevention programs are costing. It’s not easy for smokers in North Dakota to find a place to light up, and state lawmakers now […]
Regulators unsure how to treat electronic cigarettes
By Nathan Porter – The Washington Times The questions concerning the safety of electronic cigarette use are neatly matched by the questions concerning how — and even whether — governments should regulate the product. Having long strictly limited marketing and use of traditional tobacco products, the Food and Drug Administration is expected in the coming days to propose […]
Electronic cigarette peddlers are just blowing smoke, health officials say
By Nathan Porter – The Washington Times That cloud hanging over electronic cigarettes these days isn’t just from the nicotine-laced vapor that the newfangled butts emit. As big tobacco companies rush to cash in on e-cigarettes and governments scramble to regulate their use, the nation’s top researchers say basic questions about the safety and long-term effects of e-cigarettes […]
Maryland cigarette sales down 17% since tobacco tax hike, report says
Sarah Gantz, Reporter-Baltimore Business Journal The number of cigarette packs sold in Maryland has declined 17 percent since 2008, according to a new report released Wednesday by a health care advocacy group. A total of 200 million packs of cigarettes were sold in Maryland in fiscal 2012, down from 243 million in 2008, according to data […]
City Council to Vote on Raising Cigarette Purchase Age
In the latest move to snuff out smoking in New York, the City Council could vote Wednesday to bar anyone under the age of 21 from buying cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Under federal law, no one under 18 can buy tobacco anywhere in the country, but some states and localities have raised it to 19. Public health advocates […]