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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Bloomberg News: FTC Sues to Unwind Altria’s $12.8 Billion Juul Investment
*April 6 Update* The Federal Trade Commission posted the complaint on their website. You can read the complaint by clicking here. This article appeared on Bloomberg’s Business News webpage on April 2. The original link to the story can be found here FTC Sues to Unwind Altria’s $12.8 Billion Juul Investment By: Angelica LaVito and David McLaughlin […]
Post Bulletin: I’m a smoker … And along comes a pandemic
This article appeared online for the Post Bulletin out of Minnesota. It was published on March 31. The original article can be read by clicking here. I’m a smoker … And along comes a pandemic Matthew Stolle mstolle@postbulletin.com Mar 31, 2020 Updated Apr 1, 2020 It’s never been a great time to be a smoker. Now […]
Forbes: Smokers At Higher Risk Of Severe COVID-19 During Coronavirus Outbreak
This article from Forbes.com was posted on March 23. Link to the article found here Victoria Forster Contributor; Healthcare Cancer research scientist and childhood cancer survivor. A leading expert has warned that smokers are likely at increased risk of more severe COVID-19, compared to non-smokers, suggesting that now would be a particularly good time to […]
Could Your E-Cig Disrupt Your Pacemaker?
March 16, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. By Rich Holmes HealthDay Reporter (HEALTHDAY) MONDAY, March 16, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The magnets in vaping devices might be able to wreak havoc on heart pacemakers and defibrillators, a new case report suggests. By placing a Juul in his shirt pocket, a heart patient caused his implanted pacemaker […]
Tobacco Free North Dakota announces its first annual Video Essay Scholarship Contest for all ND High School Seniors.
Tobacco Free North Dakota announces its first annual Video Essay Scholarship Contest for all ND High School seniors. TFND is a statewide non-profit that advocates for policies to prevent youth initiation to tobacco and nicotine products with the goal of creating North Dakota’s first tobacco free generation. We hope this scholarship contest encourages youth to […]