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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Forum editorial: Minn. tax on tobacco is a health tax
Opponents of Minnesota’s new tobacco tax seem to believe the $2.83 per pack of cigarettes tax is about only revenue and business. It’s not. It’s first and foremost about public health. While the tax has had expected impacts on revenue and business since it went into effect July 1, its primary purpose is to discourage […]
E-Cigarette trend catching on, but what are the effects?
by Stephanie Zepelin BOISE — It might be a trend you have noticed: electronic cigarettes. The devices use battery power to heat a liquid (usually containing nicotine) the user inhales. Some folks are choosing this option over traditional cigarettes. Electronicstix, a company that started in Utah, just opened their first store in Boise. “We have […]
Our view: State, feds can step up for e-cig safety
Duluth News Tribune Editorial Three weeks ago today, Duluth made headlines across the state, becoming the first city in Minnesota to ban e-cigarettes indoors where tobacco use already is forbidden, among other restrictions and regulations. Then, last week, Hermantown made news by passing a moratorium on the sale and use of electronic cigarettes inside public […]
E-Cigarette Ads Spark Lawmakers’ Concern for Youths
By Sophie Novack An advertisement for Blu electronic cigarettes shows a glitzed-up, scantily clad Jenny McCarthy seated in a club, smoking—or “vaping”—a sleek black tube with a blue glow at the tip. “Blu satisfies me,” she says, as the camera pans out to show her chatting with an attractive male suitor who is also holding an […]
Minnesota cigarette sales down, but tobacco revenue up
By: Mark Zdechlik, MPR News 90.3 FM, INFORUM Cigarette sales in Minnesota have dropped since a $1.60 per pack tax increase took effect July 1, as tobacco sellers have feared. Early Minnesota Department of Revenue numbers show cigarette stamp sales dropped more than 35 percent this July compared to July a year ago. Tobacco stamp sales […]