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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New fears as wave of smokers are now using E-cigarettes to smoke marijuana in public
By ALEX GREIG Marijuana smokers are using battery-powered e-cigarettes to smoke marijuana. E-cigarettes are being touted by manufacturers as a healthier alternative to traditional cigarettes, but officials believe creative smokers are using the the devices to smoke marijuana undetected. Cannabis, in liquid or wax forms, doesn’t emit the pungent odor that marijuana smoked in plant-form does, […]
City mulls underage e-cigarette ban
By Lucas High lhigh@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE — The Cheyenne City Council is considering an ordinance that would add electronic cigarettes to the city’s list of tobacco products that cannot be sold to minors. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, are “products often shaped like cigarettes, cigars or pipes that are designed to deliver nicotine or other substances to […]
The risks are still unclear as the use of e-cigarettes grows
Article by: EDITORIAL BOARD , Star Tribune The offerings at Fridley’s eCig & Supply Company store sound like something a kid might choose as a slushie or smoothie flavor on a hot summer day: Melon Mist; Blueberry Cream; Lemon Blast, and Papa Smurf’s Brother, a root beer and vanilla combo named for the iconic cartoon […]
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 […]