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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The electronic cigarette ignites debate
By Michael Crusan – email Eau Claire (WQOW) – Electronic cigarettes are technically smoke free, but some businesses and health experts are drawing the line to put them out. This alternative to smoking is receiving mixed reviews in Eau Claire. “Have the brown filter, the white battery, I mean it looks just like you’re naturally smoking a […]
Law banning smoking in restaurants turns 10
Andrew Henderson / Featured Stories, Fulton News For many of us, it seems like a lifetime ago when we were asked if we wanted to be seated at the smoking or non-smoking section in our local restaurant. For Zachary and Matthew Metott, it was an actual lifetime ago. The Metott boys turn 10 years old this year and […]
Cities Struggle to Classify E-Cigs as They Grow in Popularity
By: Joy Lim Nakrin A growing trend is taking hold in the Twin Cities: electronic cigarettes. Minnesota’s recent tobacco tax hike seems to have given the business a boost. “Smokeless Smoking” opened its first store in 2009. Now, four years later there are four locations. Since the new tobacco taxes took effect this month, sales […]
Letter to the Editor: North Dakota should take lesson from Minnesota on cigarette tax
Minnesota just raised its cigarette tax by $1.60 per pack, leaving me in envy of our neighbor’s efforts to help people quit smoking. High cigarette prices and noticeable price hikes like Minnesota’s recent increase prevent young people from getting hooked and help current smokers to kick the habit. That’s good. One in three who try […]
Letter: NDQuits wins a commendation
By: Jessie Azure, West Fargo, INFORUM I would like to commend those with NDQuits on finding a creative way to reach a “tobacco at risk community!” Clearly, representatives from the North Dakota Policy Council need to sit down and read the 2007 Best Practices manual issued by the CDC on Tobacco Prevention and Control Policy before […]