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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Colorado, Utah Want To Raise Tobacco Age To 21
DENVER (AP) – Two Western states with some of the nation’s lowest smoking rates are considering cracking down even more by raising the tobacco age to 21. Utah and Colorado lawmakers both voted favorably on proposals Thursday to treat tobacco like alcohol and take it away from 18- to 20-year-olds, a move inspired by new […]
A Hot Debate Over E-Cigarettes as a Path to Tobacco, or From It
By SABRINA TAVERNISE, The New York Times Dr. Michael Siegel, a hard-charging public health researcher at Boston University, argues that e-cigarettes could be the beginning of the end of smoking in America. He sees them as a disruptive innovation that could make cigarettes obsolete, like the computer did to the typewriter. But his former teacher and […]
Candy Flavors Put E-Cigarettes On Kids' Menu
By Jenny Lei Bolario Electronic-cigarettes are often billed as a safe way for smokers trying to kick their habit. But it’s not just smokers who are getting their fix this way. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 5 middle schoolers who tried one say they’ve never smoked a cigarette. And between […]
E-Cigs Becoming More Popular in High Schools
By: Tiffany Huertas PANAMA CITY- Since smoking is being banned in so many places, e-cigarettes are all the rage for people who still want to smoke in public. The battery-powered devices provide doses of nicotine and other additives to the user in an aerosol. They don’t emit the smoke or the smell that non-smokers complain about. That’s […]
Library may take action on e-cigarettes
By LeAnn Eckroth, Bismarck Tribune BISMARCK, N.D. –The Bismarck Public Library board of directors will consider a change to its policy to specify patrons cannot use e-cigarettes in the library. The topic will be discussed at its noon meeting Feb. 27 at the library. Mary Jane Schmaltz, library director, said e-cigarettes are already banned in public […]