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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Exploding e-cigarette set toddler’s clothes afire, Utah fire marshal says
By Michael McFall | The Salt Lake Tribune The Provo fire marshal is warning people not to leave their charging e-cigarettes unattended after one exploded and burned a toddler. A North Dakota woman, staying for a while in Mount Pleasant, was driving through Provo on Friday morning with her 3-year-old son when heated coils shot out […]
5 Things You Need to Know About E-Cigarettes
By LIZ NEPORENT (@lizzyfit) The electronic cigarette was invented in the 1960s, but it didn’t really take off until a decade ago. Currently, there are more than 250 brands of “e-cigarettes” available in such flavors as watermelon, pink bubble gum and Java, and in more colors than the iPhone 5C. The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association estimates […]
More restrictions for smokers at Ralph Engelstad Arena
By: Jennifer Johnson, Grand Forks Herald Those who want to take a smoke break during events at Grand Forks’ Ralph Engelstad Arena will be free to leave but they won’t be allowed back in starting Oct. 6, the night of the first UND men’s hockey game, according to arena spokesman Chris Semrau. This will affect all […]
Nine F-M businesses fail tobacco compliance check
By: Forum staff reports, INFORUM FARGO – The Fargo and West Fargo police departments, with assistance from Fargo Cass Public Health, conducted tobacco compliance checks Wednesday. In Fargo, 63 businesses were checked and seven failed, and in West Fargo, 11 businesses were checked and two failed. Business that failed in Fargo were: Petro Serve USA, 2903 […]
House Dems call for cigar, e-cigarette regulations over 'kid-friendly' products
By Julian Hattem A group of House Democrats is calling on the Obama administration to issue new rules for cigars and electronic cigarettes. In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday, the lawmakers asked regulators “to act quickly” with new rules for the products, over which the federal government currently has […]