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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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 […]
ESPN: New York approves smokeless tobacco ban at sporting events
Adam Rubin, ESPN Staff Writer Smokeless tobacco will soon be off-limits for players and patrons at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium. The New York City Council approved a ban on smokeless tobacco at ticketed sporting events on Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 44-3. The law is due to take effect immediately once Mayor Bill de […]
AP: Ohio’s infant mortality panel recommends tobacco tax hike
ANN SANNER, Associated Press COLUMBUS – Ohio lawmakers should increase the tobacco tax, raise the tobacco-buying age to 21 and ban the sale of crib bumpers, according to a state panel tasked with addressing infant mortality. The recommendations are among dozens in a report by the Ohio Commission on Infant Mortality released Tuesday. Ohio’s infant […]
USA Today Editorial Board: Raise cigarette sales age and see: Our view
The Editorial Board When California lawmakers voted this month to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21, they joined Hawaii and more than 100 localities in seeking a new way to prevent vulnerable teenagers from getting hooked. Almost everyone who smokes started by age 18, research shows. The tobacco industry, among the world’s […]
Dr. Eric Johnson: Tobacco tax will deter young people from using products
By Dr. Eric Johnson, Grand Forks – Jamestown Sun As a Grand Forks physician and chairman of the recently announced efforts to initiate a ballot measure to increase North Dakota’s tobacco taxes, it’s important the public be given the facts right off the bat. First, North Dakota’s tobacco taxes have not been increased since 1993, ranking […]