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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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 […]
Letter: 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. […]
Bismarck Tribune: Legislators need to get tobacco bill right
Bismarck Tribune Editorial Board: On the surface, a bill to raise tobacco taxes would seem a no-brainer to many North Dakotans. The state ranks 46th nationally in tobacco taxes at 44 cents per pack, ahead of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Virginia. Supporters of a higher tax argue it will deter young people from picking up […]