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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CBS MoneyWatch: As e-cigarette sales soar, critics eye regulations
By JONATHAN BERR | MONEYWATCH The Food and Drug Administration expects to publish its much-anticipated regulations for e-cigarettes in June, as the products are surging in popularity. In fact, sales are expanding so rapidly that some experts predict e-cigs will overtake sales of conventional smokes within the next decade. “From our perspective, the rules are long overdue,” […]
Men's Journal: E-Cigarettes May Be Just as Bad as The Real Thing
Two new studies have turned out some scary findings about e-cigarettes. The first one, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, revealed that e-cigarette vapor can harbor hidden formaldehyde — a known carcinogen — at levels up to 15 times greater than regular cigarettes. “We discovered this form of formaldehyde hidden in the tiny […]
CNN: E-cigarettes: Helping smokers quit, or fueling a new addiction?
By Meera Senthilingam, for CNN (CNN) It’s a portable piece of technology providing seemingly bottomless access to a drug craved by more than 1 billion people worldwide — nicotine. That craving is caused by smoking tobacco but is now being increasingly satisfied by e-cigarettes and the trend to “vape” instead of smoke. The selling point is […]
Fargo Forum: Trygve Olson Cartoon
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Dickinson Press: Debate over on e-cigs as tobacco products overshadows bills restricting sales to minors
By Mike Nowatzki, Forum News Service BISMARCK – Two bills being heard at the Legislature this week aim to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of minors, but the burning issue is whether the nicotine-delivery devices should be classified as tobacco products, which would make them subject to additional taxes. The North Dakota Department of […]