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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Op Ed: How to lower Grand Forks’ high tobacco-use rates
By: Theresa Knox On Feb. 23, the Herald ran a story about the dismal rates among adults of chewing tobacco use (“N.D. ranks highly in smokeless tobacco use,” Page A1). As the story reported, North Dakota was ranked 49th out of 50 states and District of Columbia, with 7.6 percent of its adults using smokeless […]
North Dakota ranks poorly in smokeless tobacco use
By Robin Huebner Forum News Service FARGO — Chris Carlson’s nicotine habit started with chewing tobacco and his college fraternity brothers. He really got hooked in the mid ’80s as an exchange student in Sweden, where he says everyone – including his female classmates – chewed the smokeless tobacco known as “snus.” “I’ve got warm, […]
Letter: Support e-cigarette age restrictions
By Tom Woodmansee, Bismarck House Bill 1265 would require e-vapor products (commonly referred to as e-cigarettes) to be sold only to adults 18 years of age and above, an important goal that we should all agree on. We support enactment of underage access prevention for e-vapors and alternative nicotine products, which is why we support House […]
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 […]