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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Doctor Wants Lawmakers to Classify E-Cigarettes as Tobacco
By: WILX NEWS 10 Michigan’s top doctor is calling on state lawmakers to classify e-cigarettes as tobacco products. Legislation currently in the Senate would make it a crime to sell the devices to minors. But Dr. Matthew Davis, Chief Medical Executive with the Michigan Department of Community Health says the bi-partisan package of bills doesn’t […]
E-Cigarette Critics Worry New Ads Will Make 'Vaping' Cool For Kids
by Debbie Elliott, NPR Electronic cigarette makers are getting bold with their advertising, using provocative new print ads and celebrity endorsements on TV. But public health advocates say these images are luring kids to hook them on nicotine. The latest ad for blu eCigs, for example, which ran in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, features […]
U.S. Senators call for e-cigarettes advertising ban
WASHINGTON – Last week U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) in introducing the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act, a bill that seeks to prohibit the marketing of […]
Health Minute: Doctors weigh in on e-cigarettes
(CNN) — Tobacco-less cigarettes called e-cigarettes are gaining popularity in this country. They can help people quit smoking, but some fear they can get others hooked on nicotine. Peter Chugaev has been smoking for 45 years and for the past 15 he’s been trying to quit. “You have a cup of coffee, you go on the […]
Fire officials issue warning about e-cigarette dangers
By Sam Wheeler, Mail Tribune Electronic cigarettes may be safer for the lungs of smokers than the standard leaf-burning variety, some people believe, but Medford fire officials want people to know they can still cause fires. E-cigs have caused minor fires at two Medford homes recently, Medford Fire-Rescue officials said. Fire Marshal Greg Kleinberg said the lithium […]