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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E-cigarette maker targets Colorado
By Carol McKinley Colorado Public News The arrival of electronic cigarettes has raised a red flag for health officials and others who worry the activity of “vaping” nicotine will hook young people into a new addiction that could last a lifetime. In Colorado, the concern is heightened by the arrival of tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds […]
Electronic cigarettes could rekindle battles over smoking in public
Article by: ANDREW WAGAMAN, Star Tribune It was trivia night, and Michael Jamnick didn’t want to leave the TGI Friday’s in Maple Grove to go outside and have a smoke. So he started puffing right where he sat. The 27-year-old from Minnetonka wasn’t breaking the law: He was using an electronic cigarette. Still, Jamnick said he felt uncomfortable vaping […]
Cigarette smoking at new low among youths, survey finds
Cigarette smoking hit the lowest point ever recorded among American eighth-graders and high school sophomores and seniors last year, a newly released report shows. Last year, only 5% of high school sophomores said they had smoked cigarettes daily in the previous 30 days, compared with 18% of sophomores who were smoking daily at one point […]
Mental illness, tobacco turn out to be deadly combo
By: John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune It’s hard to quit smoking. For individuals struggling with a mental illness, it’s even harder. “They have higher levels of biological or physical addiction to nicotine, in many cases,” said Dr. Jill Williams, an addiction psychiatrist. “In illnesses like depression, studies show that they’re more addicted than other smokers.” Yet […]
New, desirable norm with tobacco
By: Ryan Bakken, Grand Forks Herald Usually, cultural change in North Dakota starts in the bigger cities and seeps down to less populated towns. That isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to tobacco, however. Earlier this year, Cooperstown, N.D., a town of about 1,000 people in Griggs County, passed a tobacco ban in its city […]