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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WSC Going Smoke Free
By Chris Williams – email It’s a move more college’s across the country are starting to make…going smoke free. Out of the 11 institutions in North Dakota, 10 of them are smoke free, and now Williston State College is going to make it 11. Last but not least. On November 1st of this year, Williston […]
Duluth News Tribune view: Obvious danger requires fair and responsible rules
The packaging on electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, doesn’t say much. Which actually is kind of scary. Just what’s being inhaled into the body when “vaping?” Certainly not just vapors, as suggested by the slang verb for puffing on the products. And what’s being exhaled for everyone around to breathe in and ingest? One thing the […]
E-cigarettes as good as patches in helping smokers quit
Maggie Fox, NBC News Electronic cigarettes work about as well as nicotine patches in helping smokers kick the habit, researchers report. And e-cigarettes helped people smoke fewer cigarettes overall, even if they didn’t quit completely. The study is the first major piece of research to show that the products, which deliver a nicotine mist using […]
A look at e-cigarettes by M. D. Anderson
HOUSTON – With the third and largest of the U.S. tobacco companies planning an e-cigarette product launch this fall, this next frontier for “Big Tobacco” provides renewed presence in a declining marketplace. It’s also a potential gateway to new smokers, particularly among teens and in emerging/foreign markets, according to behavioral scientists at The University of […]
E-cigarettes Overused and Under-Regulated
The numbers of e-cigarette users is rapidly growing as is concern about the product. The latest research appears to support what many people have long feared, that these electronic cigarettes are both overused and under-regulated. E-cigarettes are battery operated and produce, not smoke, but a nicotine vapor. They are promoted as a healthier alternative to […]