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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Cigarette tax and e cigarettes debated in ND legislature
By KX News Bismarck, ND -A bill that would have substantially raised taxes on cigarettes in North Dakota failed Friday afternoon. But two others limiting access to electronic cigarettes passed. The proposed cigarette tax would have raised taxes more than 200 percent on a package of cigarettes. Currently the cigarette tax in North Dakota is 44 […]
Forum editorial: Raise cigarette tax in ND
North Dakota should raise taxes on tobacco products. The state’s tax is among the lowest in the nation (44 cents on a pack of cigarettes); indeed lower than some of the major tobacco-growing states. Raising the tax, which has been at an embarrassing low level for decades, comports nicely with North Dakota’s successful anti-tobacco public […]
ND House to vote on raising the tobacco tax this week
By WDAY News Bismarck, ND (WDAY TV) – The North Dakota House will decide this week whether to raise tobacco taxes. The state has not done so since 1993. Republican Rep. Jon Nelson of Rugby is pushing a bill that would raise state cigarette tax from 44 cents to $1.52 a pack. Taxes on snuff would go […]
Opinion: Shame on North Dakota tobacco product sellers
By Howard Oppegard from Valley City, N.D. Shame on retailers who oppose a tax increase on tobacco products in North Dakota (Forum story, Feb. 4). Since greed may be their motivation, they should be reminded cancer victims do not buy anything. My sister, a smoker, died from lung cancer one month after her 50th birthday. […]
What to watch in North Dakota's Legislature: Common Core, tobacco taxes, surge funding
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, North Dakota — The North Dakota Legislature will remain busy this week introducing and finishing voting on bills in their respective chambers, including those that address education standards, tobacco taxes and surge funding. COMMON CORE North Dakota’s House is slated to vote this week whether to repeal new state English […]