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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Lawmakers updated on efforts to fight tobacco use
By Nick Smith BISMARCK, N.D. _ A statewide effort to fight tobacco use is spending about $55.60 on each North Dakota adult who uses tobacco products, the director of the agency behind that effort says. State lawmakers got an update Wednesday from Jeanne Prom, the executive director of the North Dakota Center for Prevention and Control […]
Conceal and carry: kids with e-cigarettes
By Annie Andrews KEPR-TV, Pasco, WA KEPR went to Kennewick High School to talk candidly with your kids; they say electronic cigarettes and pocket vaporizers are in their peers’ pockets and right under parents’ noses. What you need to know about this growing trend. “Is it here in the Tri-Cities,” KEPR asked a high school student, “yeah, definitely,” […]
Latest Research on Tobacco Use and Health Care Cost Has Global Implications
By Derek Yach, Executive Director, The Vitality Institute, and a former executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO), and Katie Tryon, M.D., Clinical Director, The Vitality Institute. This month’s articles on health care costs and tobacco control in the South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) have far reaching implications beyond the shores of South Africa. The latest Global […]
Mondays Might Be Your Best Day to Quit Smoking
Smokers most likely to seek online advice about quitting on the first day of the workweek, study finds By: Robert Preidt ——- (HealthDay News) — Smokers are most likely to think about kicking their habit on Mondays, according to a new study, and this finding may help boost the effectiveness of anti-smoking campaigns. For the study, […]
Camels: 100 years and still killing
By Robert N. Proctor We’re quietly approaching the 100th anniversary of the modern cigarette, but don’t expect much in the way of fanfare. Cigarette sales have been falling since 1981, when 630 billion were smoked in the United States. Now we smoke only about 300 billion in any given year, mostly in the style of […]