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 […]