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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Is Second-hand Smoke Dangerous to Pets?
Author: Written by: Ontario SPCA With all the research that’s been done on the effects of second-hand smoke on people, we all know what dangerous and potentially deadly effects could come from inhaling second-hand smoke. But did you know that second-hand smoke can be deadly even to pets? Studies involving dogs have shown that dogs who […]
City Council votes to restrict e-cigarette use in Duluth
By: Peter Passi, Associated Press New restrictions soon will confront users of electronic cigarettes in Duluth. A series of ordinances passed Monday night by the Duluth City Council will subject people using e-cigarettes to the same restrictions faced by smokers puffing on conventional cigarettes. The ordinances also will prevent hookah bars from doing business in the […]
Education secretary pushes for higher cigarette tax to extend early childhood education to another 1.1 million kids
By Milan Simonich, Texas-New Mexico Newspapers SANTA FE — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan rode a brightly painted bus into New Mexico on Monday, then gave a gloomy overview of state schools. New Mexico begins each school year with about 30,000 students in ninth grade. But only about 20,000 of them graduate from high school […]
Tobacco Companies Target Youth, Mislead Public About Smokeless Products In Order To Maintain Profits
By Anthony Rivas British American Tobacco (BAT), the maker of Lucky Strike, Dunhill, and Pall Mall cigarettes, has recently spent some time promoting its smokeless tobacco brands, saying that snus, a moist tobacco that’s typically placed under the upper lip, is “at least 90 percent less harmful than smoking cigarettes.” But new research, meant to serve as information […]
Graphic anti-smoking ads helped 100,000 kick the habit for good, CDC says
Maggie Fox, NBC News A graphic, deliberately shocking, anti-tobacco campaign starring former smokers — including a woman who lost her voice box to throat cancer — helped 100,00 Americans kick the habit permanently, government researchers say. And an estimated 1.6 million people at least tried to quit smoking after seeing the first national mass media […]