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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E-cigarette worries
Minot ordinance would keep e-cigarettes from kids JILL SCHRAMM (jschramm@ minotdailynews.com), Minot Daily News Electronic cigarettes should be treated like tobacco when it comes to minors, Minot’s STAMP Coalition told a city committee Wednesday. The Minot City Council’s Public Works and Safety Committee voted at the coalition’s urging to recommend the council make it illegal to […]
To the Editor: Curbs on E-Cigarettes
To the Editor: Re “Hot Debate Over E-Cigarettes as Path to Tobacco, or From It” (“The New Smoke” series, front page, Feb. 23): As you note, the health effects of e-cigarette use remain unknown, and their use may actually be leading to greater smoking of traditional cigarettes, especially among children. In fact, a recent study of 76,000 […]
Poll: Minnesotans strongly support prohibiting e-cigarette use indoors
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A poll released today shows that a strong majority of Minnesotans (79 percent) support prohibiting e-cigarette use indoors in places where smoking is prohibited. Other regulations to prevent youth from using e-cigarettes are also overwhelmingly supported by Minnesotans. “This new poll shows that a strong majority of Minnesotans – 79 percent – support prohibiting […]
Senators look for e-cigarette marketing limits
By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM AP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va.—Several U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would curb electronic cigarette marketing while the fast-growing industry awaits regulation by the Food and Drug Administration. The bill is co-sponsored by California Sen. Barbara Boxer, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, both Democrats, and others. It would ban marketing to […]
Hookah is not harmless, experts say
By: REUTERS/SUSANA VERA Smoking hookah can be addictive and harmful, though many dabblers may not realize the dangers, according to a new review. “The cooled and sweetened flavor of hookah tobacco makes it more enticing to kids and they falsely believe it’s less harmful,” Tracey E. Barnett from the University of Florida in Gainesville told Reuters […]