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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Teenage E-Cigarette Use Likely Gateway to Smoking
By Caroline Chen, Bloomberg News E-cigarettes facing municipal bans and scrutiny by U.S. regulators received a new slap on the wrist from scientists: A report today suggests the devices may be a gateway to old-fashioned, cancer-causing smokes for teens. Youths who reported ever using an e-cigarette had six times the odds of smoking a traditional […]
Researchers claim electronic cigarettes "gateway" to real smoking but experts unsure
ByRYAN JASLOW / CBS NEWS A new study may confirm some fears health officials had about electronic cigarettes. Researchers found teens who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to become addicted to actual cigarettes, doctors at the University of California San Francisco reported on March 6 in JAMA Pediatrics. “E-cigarettes are likely to be gateway devices […]
Teens Who Try E-Cigarettes Are More Likely To Try Tobacco, Too
By Patty Neighmond, NPR While electronic cigarettes may be marketed as alternatives that will keep teenagers away from tobacco, a study suggests that may not be the case. Trying e-cigarettes increased the odds that a teenager would also try tobacco cigarettes and become regular smokers, the study found. Those who said they had ever used […]
5 Things to Know About E-Cigarettes
By LIZ NEPORENT, ABC News Los Angeles is the latest city to outlaw e-cigarette smoking in some public places. The L.A. City Council voted 14-0 in favor of the “vaping” ban, following in the footsteps of New York City and Chicago. E-Cigarette Health Row Catches Fire The electronic cigarette was invented in the 1960s, but it […]
E-Cigarettes, by Other Names, Lure Young and Worry Experts
By MATT RICHTEL, NY Times SAN FRANCISCO — Olivia Zacks, 17, recently took a drag of peach-flavored vapor from a device that most people would call an e-cigarette. But Ms. Zacks, a high school senior, does not call it that. In fact, she insists she has never even tried an e-cigarette. Like many teenagers, Ms. Zacks […]