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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Letter: Thoreson fronts for Big Tobacco
By: Jay Taylor, Mapleton, N.D., INFORUM In a recent letter to the editor, Rep. Blair Thoreson, R-Fargo, criticized a Grand Forks physician for not supporting his support for e-cigarettes. Actually, Thoreson’s push was not supported by anyone in the Legislature, but you gotta give him points for keeping at it. The push today is from those […]
New tobacco products lure younger smokers
By Adelaide Effie Beckman For The TimesDaily It remains illegal to market tobacco products to teenagers, but some health experts argue it hasn’t stopped some companies from finding a way around the law. Tobacco companies are now targeting teens with cheap nicotine products in colorful packaging, according to Melanie Dickens, tobacco prevention and control coordinator […]
North Dakota puts $2,500 in anti-smoking funds toward Fargo pride festival
By: Kyle Potter, The Forum, INFORUM BISMARCK – A division of North Dakota’s health department that aims to help smokers quit is putting $2,500 toward a gay pride festival in Fargo later this summer. Officials from North Dakota Quits and the health department say they’re trying to target populations with high smoking rates, but it’s raised […]
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 […]