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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Smoking not 'lesser evil' in mental health treatment settings
By: Maiken Scott, Newsworks Picture an AA meeting, and a gigantic coffee urn and a cloud of smoke come to mind. In fact, the two men who started AA, Dr. Bob and Bill W. both died from tobacco-related illnesses. Public health experts say smoking is still pervasive among people living with addiction and mental illness, […]
Don't fall for tobacco industry e-cigarette smokescreen
By Michaeline Fedder, Deborah P. Brown and Bonita Pennino No one should have to choose between their health and a paycheck. Which is why, with all that is still unknown about the dangers of e-cigarette use, we must put public health first and prohibit the use of these unregulated products in all workplaces, including restaurants, […]
Hookahs deliver toxic benzene in every puff
Many young people consider hookahs a hip and safer way to smoke, but a new study finds fumes from the water pipes contain the toxin benzene. Benzene has been linked to an increased risk for leukemia in prior research, according to a scientific team reporting Nov. 21 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. […]
Smoking while using oxygen blamed for fire at Fargo's Sanford Medical Center
FARGO (KFGO-AM) — Investigators say a patient who was smoking while using oxygen caused a fire that injured both the patient and a staff member at Sanford Medical Center in downtown Fargo last week. Fire chief Steve Dirksen says the combination of pure oxygen and open flame is extremely volatile. He says it was quick […]
Sanford fire caused by smoking around oxygen
By Forum staff reports FARGO – Fargo fire investigators say the fire that injured two people and caused the evacuation of several patients at Fargo’s downtown Sanford Medical Center on Thursday was caused by someone smoking while using oxygen. Sanford officials said the fire originated in a patient room early Thursday morning and was extinguished […]