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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USA Today Column: Past time for MLB to ban smokeless tobacco
Use among teen athletes is rising and won’t fall until their MLB role models give it up. By: Frank Pallone The first pitches of the new Major League Baseball season in Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco mark the moment players there must abide by local laws that ban chewing tobacco use in ballparks. Similar restrictions in Chicago […]
Reuters: Tobacco Companies Would Rather Your E-Cigarettes Contained Tobacco
Two tobacco giants are seeing strong demand for their reboots of the e-cigarette in Japan, with Philip Morris International twice postponing a nationwide rollout and Japan Tobacco suspending shipments – both due to supply shortages. Japan has become a key testing ground for the two companies and their new, real tobacco e-smokes as they grapple […]
Grand Forks Herald: Ballot proposal would raise taxes on electronic cigarettes in North Dakota
By John Hageman Heather Nelson is well-versed in the arguments over electronic cigarettes. Armed with a stack of printed news clippings behind the glass counter at her Grand Forks shop, SnG Vapor, she’s adamant that the products her business sells helps smokers quit traditional cigarettes. But Nelson worries that a proposed tax in North Dakota […]
WDAY/WDAZ: North Dakota may soon have to decide to increase taxes on tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
By WDAY / WDAZ Staff Grand Forks, ND (WDAY/WDAZ TV) – North Dakota will have to decide on whether to increase taxes on not only tobacco products, but also e-cigs. If passed, traditional cigarette tax will go from $0.44 a pack to $2.20. Vaping product liquid tax would then increase from 28% to 56%. Owners […]
Drug Store News: CDC's latest anti-smoking campaign inspired 104,000 smokers to quit
BY MICHAEL JOHNSEN ATLANTA – The latest outcomes measuring the impact of CDC’s national tobacco education campaign are as strong as those achieved in its first year, and suggest that three years into the campaign, the ads were still having a significant impact. More than 1.8 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the […]