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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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 […]
Bismarck Tribune Editorial: N.D. becomes leader in tobacco fight
North Dakota has garnered praise for its spending efforts to reduce tobacco use. There’s a little irony in this since the Legislature in the past has questioned the amount of spending. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids looked at how states used the billions of dollars received from lawsuits settled with major tobacco companies in 1998. […]
WebMD News from HealthDay: Tobacco Exposure and Infertility, Early Menopause
By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter Smoking and being exposed to secondhand smoke may trigger early menopause and infertility in women, a new study suggests. Other research has linked smoking with higher rates of infertility and perhaps earlier menopause. However, “secondhand smoke is less researched,” especially among never-smoking women, said study author Andrew Hyland, chair of health […]