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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NC law takes effect banning e-cigarettes to minors
MITCH WEISS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — At North Carolina smoke shops and other retailers, the warning signs are going up. A law banning the sale of e-cigarettes to minors takes effect Thursday. Retailers now face the same misdemeanor charge if they sell e-cigarettes to a minor as they already did for other tobacco […]
E-Cigarette Sales to Hit $1 Billion
By ALAN FARNHAM E-cigarettes—a relative novelty three years ago–are about to hit $1 billion in sales, according to Wells Fargo securities analysts. While that’s only 1 percent of sales of traditional cigarettes, the number of consumers who say they’ve tried e-smokes is growing fast. The sale of e-cigarettes totaled just $500 million last year. According […]
Reading the smoke signals on e-cigarettes: Can you puff away on a plane, train or in your local bar?
By Justin Rocket Silverman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Where there’s smoking, there’s no longer fire — but there’s plenty of heated debate. Electronic cigarettes, known to smokers as e-cigarettes, are lighting up the city as puffers snuff out their butts in favor of the refillable, rechargeable alternative, which produces a not-so-smelly vapor instead of pungent smoke. […]
Most U.S. youth exposed to tobacco advertising in stores
ATLANTA, July 31 (UPI) — U.S. researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say a lot of kids continue to see tobacco ads and be influenced by them. Dr. Shanta Dube, lead health scientist for surveillance in the Epidemiology Branch, Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in […]
E-CIGARETTE BAN: Hennepin County property now off-limits
by Bill Keller Smokers may be able to smoke in vehicles and their homes, but there are fewer public places to light up. Now, even electronic cigarettes are banned on Hennepin County property. Most private buildings have a rule about smoking near entrances, but a new law is cutting a new way to cut cravings […]