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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Ready to quit smoking? Here's what works best
Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY It’s always a good time to quit smoking. But if smoking cessation has a season, it’s about to begin. Thursday is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a day on which all smokers will be encouraged to abstain or start making a plan to quit. In coming weeks, […]
Our View: Do more to keep e-cigs, youths apart
The Times Editorial Board, SC Times Surveys of Minnesota and U.S. youth show alarming increase in e-cigarette use. Lawmakers can slow this increase by immediately acting to limit access. Two surveys released the past week — one state and one national — deliver a powerful message about the most pressing issue regarding e-cigarettes: Government needs […]
CDC: E-Cigarette Use Rising in High School Kids
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled over three years, according to a new government report released Thursday. In a large national survey last year, 4.5 percent of high school students said they had used e-cigarettes in the previous month. That’s up from 1.5 percent in 2011 […]
Fewer high school students smoking
Posted by: Colleen Stoxen In the steepest decline ever found in Minnesota, the percent of high school students who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days dropped from 18.1 percent in 2011 to 10.6 percent in 2014. The 2014 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey also found fewer young people used used chewing tobacco and cigars between […]
Tobacco tax increase a success: Fewer Minnesota kids smoking
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Raise it for Health coalition praised the results of a study today released by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), showing a dramatic drop in the number ofMinnesota kids smoking cigarettes. Specifically, the smoking rate among Minnesota students grades six through 12 decreased from 18.1 percent in 2011 […]