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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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 […]
Slick ways tobacco companies are targeting youth
By Carrie McDermott • Wahpeton Daily News Although the tobacco industry states its marketing only promotes brand choices among adult smokers, they appear to be targeting youth with candy and fruit flavored tobacco products. Tobacco companies spend more than $1 million per hour in the United States alone to market their product, according to the […]
E-cigarette regulation bill begins to move in Minnesota Legislature
By Don Davis, Forum Communications ST. PAUL — Electronic cigarettes would not be available to youths under a bill the Minnesota House is considering, but a provision that would have banned them from public locations was not expected to survive. The bill would prohibit e-cigarette sales to anyone younger than 18 and ban them from schools. […]