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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FDA Moves to Regulate E-Cigarettes
By Krista Harju, KFYR-TV The American Lung Association is calling it an important step forward for public health. The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products issued a long-awaited proposal to regulate electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products. Many tobacco smokers are making the switch to e-cigarettes. For some it’s about kicking the habit. […]
Are Electronic Cigarettes A Public Good Or A Health Hazard?
BY MICHAEL BLANDING, Forbes When electronic cigarettes first appeared a little over a decade ago, they were hailed by public health advocates-as well as some smokers-as a godsend: a tool to help smokers quit while mitigating the most harmful effects of tobacco. “The [e-cigarette] market is producing, at no cost to the taxpayer, an emerging […]
Federal regulations loom for e-cigarette industry
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. – Smokers are increasingly turning to battery-powered electronic cigarettes to get their nicotine fix. They’re about to find out what federal regulators have to say about the popular devices. The Food and Drug Administration will propose rules for e-cigarettes as early as this month. The rules will have big […]
Higher taxes on cigarettes make good sense
Washington Post Editorial Board Maryland has one of the highest state-imposed cigarette tax rates in the nation ($2 per pack) and, unsurprisingly, one of the lowest smoking rates. Virginia has one of the lowest cigarette tax rates in the nation (30 cents per pack); its smoking rate is almost 20 percent higher than Maryland’s. America […]
Other Views: E-cigarette sellers take page from Big Tobacco’s book
— USA Today Just when smoking has finally lost its glamour, along come electronic cigarettes and an avalanche of sexy new ads that promote “vaping.” In one, actor Stephen Dorff, shirtless, talks about taking “back your freedom” while inhaling vapor on Lorillard’s blu eCig. (Can anyone say Marlboro Man?) In another ad for blu, former […]