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: Teens find a new use for e-cigarettes: Vaping marijuana
Christine Rushton, USA TODAY Teenagers have discovered a new way to inhale marijuana — e-cigarette vaporizers, according to a study released Monday. About 27% of high school students who have used both marijuana and e-cigarettes reported using the devices to vaporize cannabis. Those most likely to vaporize pot with e-cigarettes included males and younger students. E-cigarettes are […]
USA Today: A year later, CVS says stopping tobacco sales made a big difference
Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY The decision to stop tobacco sales at all of its drugstores a year ago caused people to buy 95 million fewer packs of cigarettes in 13 states, CVS Health says in a new study out Thursday. The new study compared total sales of tobacco products at all types of stores in the 13 states […]
Number of cigarette smokers drops to 15%: CDC
The number of cigarette smokers in the United States has dropped to about 15 percent of the population, its lowest point in decades, U.S. health authorities said Tuesday. “The prevalence of current cigarette smoking among U.S. adults declined from 24.7 percent in 1997 to 15.2 percent in January-March 2015,” said the report by the Centers […]
FDA issues warning letters to 3 tobacco companies over "additive-free" claims
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to the makers of Winston, Natural Spirit and Nat Sherman cigarettes over their “additive-free” and “natural” label claims. The agency issued the warnings to ITG Brands LLC, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc. and Sherman’s 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd. The issue […]
LA Times: $2 more for cigarettes? California tobacco tax proposal revived in special session
A proposal to raise the tobacco tax by $2 per pack of cigarettes in California was given new life Wednesday when legislation was announced as part of a special session on healthcare. Supporters say the new bill has a better chance of passing than one that stalled in the regular session because the $1.5 billion […]