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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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 […]
R.I. Governor Chafee vetoes e-cigarette ban for those under 18
BY PHILIP MARCELO, KATHERINE GREGG AND RANDAL EDGAR PROVIDENCE — Governor Chafee has vetoed legislation prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from purchasing e-cigarettes and other “vapor products” that heat liquid nicotine into a smokable vapor. The American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, and other health advocacy groups, had […]
Are e-cigarettes healthier?
By Joe Callahan John Sweet once smoked two packs of cigarettes per day until a chance visit to a Clearwater flea market in early May led him to the latest nicotine alternative. For $50 he purchased a battery-powered electronic cigarette — a device that comes in many shapes and sizes and in different price ranges. With […]