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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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 […]
Teens can easily buy e-cigarettes online, study says
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Teens can easily buy e-cigarettes online even though sales to minors are banned in 41 states, a new study shows. Teens in the study were able to buy e-cigarettes online in 94% of attempts, according to a report published today in JAMA Pediatrics. Internet retailers rejected only five out of 98 attempted […]
Clearing the smoke around teen e-cigarette use
Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star INDIANAPOLIS — No one says publicly that they want teens to start using e-cigarettes. Nor do most argue about statistics that show that youth have been flocking to this funky alternative to tobacco. The controversy in many state legislatures centers on what to do about it. Last year, for the first […]