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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Washington Post: Raise the smoking age
The Washington Post New Jersey’s Senate approved a raise in the legal smoking age from 19 to 21 last week, pushing the groundbreaking experiment in public health one step closer to fruition. The bill, which the General Assembly will consider in the fall, would make New Jersey the first state to prohibit the sale of […]
Secondhand smoke as harmful to pets as people
By SUE MANNING, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten years ago, Shirley Worthington rushed Tigger to the vet when the dog’s mouth started bleeding. When she was told he had cancer, she knew to blame her heavy smoking, an addiction she couldn’t kick until after her pet died. Secondhand smoke can cause lung and […]
Faces of the Boom: Smoke shop angles for return customers
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum Communications ALEXANDER, N.D. – New Yorker Phil Hamda came to North Dakota to scout for real estate opportunities, but his plans changed after paying nearly $8 for a pack of cigarettes in Williston. Hamda, whose father owned tobacco shops in New York City, noticed that tobacco prices in the Bakken varied widely. […]
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. […]