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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Further Review: Hey, baseball, time to quit the spit
By Steve Hummer The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tony Gwynn, hitter nonpareil, died in mid-June of the kind of cancer that should have sent a chill through every clubhouse in baseball. A member of the dip-and-spit set when he played, Gwynn suffered salivary gland cancer. He was only 54 at his death. In a story looking at baseball’s […]
Letter: Time for state to update, increase tobacco taxes
By Jay Taylor, Durbin, ND The state of North Dakota just recently unveiled newly designed license plates that will be used and distributed over the coming months/years. The total cost to the taxpayers of North Dakota for this update was $7 million. The last time the license plate was changed was more than two decades ago. […]
Increasing popularity of smokeless tobacco poses cancer risk to young men
By Amanda Woerner, FoxNews.com Though rates of cigarette smoking in America continue to decline, smokeless tobacco use remains popular, especially among young men — and with potentially dangerous health consequences. A recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the use of smokeless tobacco among workers in the U.S. has […]
Increasing popularity of smokeless tobacco poses cancer risk to young men
By Amanda Woerner, FOXNews.com Though rates of cigarette smoking in America continue to decline, smokeless tobacco use remains popular, especially among young men — and with potentially dangerous health consequences. A recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the use of smokeless tobacco among workers in the U.S. has […]
New E-Cigarette Store Opening in Mandan
By Steph Scheurer, Reporter, KX News A new store specializing in e-cigarettes opens in Mandan tomorrow. But there are concerns about the vaporizers. “Tried anything, everything from the gum, the patch, chantix, nothing’s worked for me,” says Craig Russell, Owner, Borealis Vape. Until he discovered the latest trend… “Something like this has just worked really […]