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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Duluth Budgeteer News: Bus in Minnesota advertises tobacco… for a purpose
By Duluth Budgeteer News If you are downtown or near a Duluth Transit Authority Bus route, you might see a colorful bus advertising a soda drink. Or you may see a bus with larger-than-life television news personalities plastered on its side. And now you might see a DTA bus advertising tobacco. But it’s not pushing everyday […]
KFYR-TV: ND Gets 'F' Grade for Tobacco Taxes on State of Tobacco Control Report
By: Amanda Skrzypchak, KFYR-TV When it comes to taxes on tobacco North Dakota gets an F from the American Lung Association. Released in it’s annual State of Tobacco Control Report Wednesday, North Dakota’s overall grades didn’t change from last year. The report shows the state received A’s for smoke free air, as well as prevention […]
Bismarck Tribune: Study links chemical in e-cigs to lung cancer
BLAIR EMERSON Bismarck Tribune A new study found e-cigarettes may not be a safer alternative to smoking tobacco. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recently published the results of a study that found popular e-cigarette flavors contain diacetyl, a chemical linked to a severe lung disease. “This latest study … is yet another reminder […]
Medical News Today: Graphic warnings on cigarette packets 'help smokers consider health risks'
Written by Honor Whiteman With 2016 just around the corner, many individuals will be gearing up to take on one of the most challenging New Year’s resolutions: to quit smoking. But a new study suggests this challenge could be made easier if graphic warning labels were put on cigarette packets, after finding such warnings trigger […]
Fargo Forum: WF high school rethinking assignment to urge lawmakers to hike tobacco tax
By Helmut Schmidt WEST FARGO – Add to North Dakota’s tobacco tax or leave it alone? That’s a question Sheyenne High School teachers agree would have been better left up to students to decide. On Friday, senior government class students teamed up with a freshman health class in a collaborative project to write letters to […]