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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Senators Hear Tobacco Tax Bill
By Steph Scheurer, Reporter, KX News State senators hear a bill to increase the tax on tobacco. If passed, the tax on a pack of cigarettes would increase to two dollars. “I support this bill whole-heartedly,” says Valerie Schoepf, Vice President, Tobacco Free Coalition. Valerie Schoepf is Vice President of the Tobacco Free Coalition. Today […]
Increases in tobacco tax opposed by businesses
By Mike Nowatzki, Forum Communications BISMARCK — Retailers and distributors urged state lawmakers Tuesday to snuff out a bill that would raise North Dakota’s tobacco taxes for the first time in 22 years, warning it could have a “devastating” impact on businesses, spur cigarette smuggling and unfairly burden smokers who can least afford it. Backers […]
Teen tobacco users likely to use it in multiple forms
By Reuters Media A national survey of U.S. middle and high school students finds that those who use tobacco or nicotine products are likely to also use more than one type of product. About 15 percent of the adolescents reported smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes, bidis, hookahs or water pipes, using dissolvable forms of tobacco or […]
Opinion: Raise tobacco tax
By: REBEKAH HARTMAN, Mandan It is time for North Dakota to raise the tobacco tax. I know firsthand that raising the price is an effective way to help people quit smoking. I am personally affected by our state’s low rate of tobacco taxes as my husband is in a constant struggle to battle his addiction to […]
Proposed tobacco tax hike debated
By Nick Smith, Bismarck Tribune Health care officials gathered to voice support Tuesday for an increase to the state’s tobacco tax while business leaders lined up in defense of the status quo. Nearly 50 people packed the Fort Totten Room for the hearing on House Bill 1421 before the House Finance and Taxation Committee. HB1421 […]