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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Opinion: E-cigarettes: Doctors' View: E-cigarette, tobacco smoke enough alike to warrant regulation
By Terry Clark, Mary J. Boylan and Joseph Bianco What are e-cigarettes? Have you ever seen one? Do you know how they work? Are they as bad for your health as traditional cigarettes? It is fair to say that three or four years ago these were new questions and we did not know the answers. […]
TIME: San Francisco Bans Chewing Tobacco at Sports Venues
By Olivia B. Waxman Effective Jan. 1, 2016 On Friday, San Francisco became the first American city to ban smokeless tobacco—chewing tobacco and “moist inhalable snuff”—at sports venues. The new ordinance, signed by Mayor Ed Lee, goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2016. Violators will be asked to leave the playing fields (where cigarette and […]
Reuters Health: Youth who receive tobacco coupons may be more susceptible to smoking
BY KATHRYN DOYLE (Reuters Health) – Middle and high school students exposed to tobacco coupons were more likely to find smoking “cool” and less likely to feel confident in quitting if they already smoked, according to recent U.S. survey data. Some kids may encounter the coupons for free or discounted tobacco products passively, via direct […]
Jim Whitehead: The evidence is in: Ban tobacco use in GF parks
By Jim Whitehead GRAND FORKS—It seems that the proposed Park Board tobacco policy has some folks blowing more than smoke. Among the assertions are the following: ▇ The policy is not based on good science. ▇ Youth are not influenced by the behavior of others. ▇ It will be unpopular in Grand Forks. ▇ It is […]
Bill Palmiscno: Tobacco limits in parks will make Grand Forks a better place
By Bill Palmiscno GRAND FORKS—At the April 6 meeting of the Grand Forks Park Board, the Park Board commissioners passed the first reading of the Park District Tobacco Usage Policy. It reads as follows: “No person shall use, chew, smoke, inhale e-cigarettes, or otherwise engage in the usage of tobacco or tobacco products within or on […]