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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Should this be legal? Dickinson commissioners consider anti-hookah ordinance, but say more information is needed
By Nadya Faulx, The Dickinson Press City Commission members are weighing options for a possible hookah bar in Dickinson, but the idea could be up in smoke before it even starts. City Administrator Shawn Kessel told commissioners Monday that he has been getting requests for hookah bars to be built in town, but wanted to gauge […]
Forum editorial: Prohibit smoking in all parks
Forum editorials represent the opinion of Forum management and the newspaper’s Editorial Board. —– All metro area communities, large and small, should follow the lead of Dilworth and Moorhead and ban smoking in public parks. Dilworth took the smart step last week. Moorhead parks have been smoke-free since 2011. The Fargo Park District has a […]
E-Cigarette Makers Going After Youth, Report Finds
BY MAGGIE FOX, NBC News E-cigarette makers may say they welcome regulation and don’t want to sell to teenage nonsmokers, but their advertising dollars paint a very different picture, according to a report released Thursday. E-cigarette makers spent $39 million on ads from June through November 2013, much of it on programming targeting youth, the anti-tobacco […]
Dr. Nancy Snyderman: E-cigarette issue ‘is a big fight’
Today Show: NBC News’ chief medical editor discusses what new FDA regulations could mean for e-cigarette consumers. To view video: http://www.today.com/video/today/55025322#55025308
Proposal would ban e-cigarette sales to minors, allow advertising
By: Reuters, INFORUM WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Thursday that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 18, but would not restrict flavored products, online sales or advertising, which public health advocates say attract children. The long-awaited proposal, which would subject the $2 billion industry to federal […]