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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Smoking Ban Tilts Odds Against Ambulance Calls From Casinos
by DEBORAH FRANKLIN Public health advocates have lobbied hard in recent years to clear restaurants, bars and other workplaces of tobacco smoke, and the winds seem to be at their back. Already, 36 states and the District of Columbia have enacted some version of an indoor smoking ban to protect the health of workers and […]
1 in 20 School-Aged Kids Use Smokeless Tobacco
Susan E. Matthews, Everyday Health Staff Writer Approximately 1 in 20 school-aged U.S. kids use smokeless tobacco products such as dip, chewing tobacco or snuff, a new study found. While smokeless products are often promoted by tobacco companies as “healthier” options, the study also found that teens who use them are not replacing traditional tobacco […]
Parental smoking tied to kids' risk of lighting up
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children born to parents with a history of cigarette smoking are more likely to light up than kids of people who never smoked, according to a new U.S. study. Despite falling smoking rates across age groups, researchers found that children raised by current or even former […]
Higher Minn. cigarette prices drive more to try to quit
by Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Anan Barbarawi expected cigarette sales at his store to drop once Minnesota’s $1.60 a pack tax increase took hold in July. But Barbarawi, manager at Maplewood Tobacco, was shocked to see his numbers plunge “50 to 70 percent.” On the bright side, Barbarawi said, sales of electronic cigarettes […]
Very little is known about the health effects of e-cigarettes
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve been a smoker for years. I’m thinking about switching to electronic cigarettes or to a nicotine inhaler because I’ve heard they aren’t as bad for you as regular cigarettes. Is that true? ANSWER: Electronic cigarettes and nicotine inhalers both deliver nicotine to your body without tobacco. But that’s where the similarity […]