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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Raise tobacco tax to discourage kids
By KATHLEEN DONAHUE Bismarck Almost all tobacco users became addicted before age 26. Thousands of kids try their first cigarette every day. In recent years, declines in youth smoking rates have stalled and the use of other tobacco products by youth has actually increased. The tobacco companies are aware of these trends and spend millions […]
Concordia campus goes fully tobacco-free
By Grace Lyden | Forum News Service MOORHEAD – Following the lead of college campuses around the country, Concordia College at Moorhead is now fully tobacco-free. As of Aug. 18, the college prohibits the use, sale or distribution of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, hookahs, electronic cigarettes and any other smoking products, as well as smokeless tobacco […]
CVS stops selling tobacco, offers quit-smoking programs
Jayne O’Donnell and Laura Ungar, USA TODAY CVS Caremark plans to stop selling tobacco products in all of its stores starting Wednesday — a move health experts hope will be followed by other major drugstore chains. CVS announced in February that it planned to drop tobacco by Oct. 1 as the sales conflicted with its […]
World Health Organization: Public Health Rules Needed to Curb E-Cigarette Risks
by Katie Weatherford, Center for Effective Government Contrary to industry advertising, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and other electronic nicotine delivery systems pose significant public health hazards because of toxins emitted from the devices. The agency recommends that countries adopt e-cigarette rules to prevent misleading marketing of the products and to […]
Q: Is hookah or water pipe smoking a safe alternative to cigarettes?
By Sanjay Gupta, MD A: Absolutely not. In fact, as Daniel Neides, MD, medical director of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic points out, hookah smoking “may actually be worse than smoking.” Hookahs are water pipes in which charcoal is used to heat up flavored tobacco. An ancient form of smoking that originated in the Middle East […]