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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Ronald Motley, Lawyer Who Led Tobacco Lawsuits, Dies at 68
By Jef Feeley Ronald L. Motley, a South Carolina lawyer who spearheaded lawsuits against tobacco companies that led them to agree to pay $246 billion in the biggest civil settlement in U.S. history, has died. He was 68. He died yesterday at Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, Don Migliori, a partner in his law […]
FDA, Experts Disagree about E-Cigarettes
by Inside Science News Service, Benjamin Plackett In recent years a new type of cigarette has begun to repopulate our restaurants, our subway trains and our movie theaters. It doesn’t burn tobacco, it doesn’t emit smoke and it lasts a lot longer than a traditional cigarette. It’s currently unregulated, but that may soon change, and […]
Providence vs. Big Tobacco
By Angel Taveras, Mayor of Providence, RI In January of 2012, I was pleased to sign two local ordinances designed to limit the ability of the tobacco industry to harm Providence’s young people. Together, these laws banned the sale of flavored tobacco products in the City of Providence, as well as sales involving the redemption of coupons […]
Ohio State study: Smokers cost employers $6K more annually
By Alexa Carson Employees who smoke cost their employers almost $6,000 more annually than nonsmokers, according to a recent study conducted by Ohio State researchers. Lead author Micah Berman, from the College of Public Health and Moritz College of Law, told The Lantern he decided to research this topic when he was asked to give a presentation on […]
Target Field Says ‘No’ To E-Cigarettes
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WCCO) – More smokers are turning to electronic cigarettes as a less-expensive and less-regulated way to get their nicotine. But they’re still so new, governments and businesses are grappling with how to deal with them. E-cigarettes have a battery-powered heating element that produces vapor rather than smoke. They’re not restricted under Minnesota’s Clean […]