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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Kathleen Sebelius column: Working toward a tobacco-free generation
Written by: Kathleen Sebelius For Press-Gazette Media Here’s a sobering statistic about the tobacco epidemic — a battle many Americans think is already won: If we continue at current smoking rates, 5.6 million children alive today will ultimately die prematurely from smoking. That’s one in 13 kids gone too early due to an entirely preventable cause. […]
Altria pushes forward on electronic cigarette sales
BY JOHN REID BLACKWELL Richmond Times-Dispatch U.S. tobacco giant Altria Group Inc. is pushing more aggressively into the electronic cigarette market, with plans to expand sales of its first e-cigarette brand nationally in the next few months. Henrico County-based Altria, the parent company of cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, said Wednesday that it plans to […]
Mandan bans e-cigarettes for minors
By LeAnn Eckroth, Bismarck Tribune MANDAN, N.D. –The Mandan City Commission on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance that bans selling e-cigarettes to minors under the age 18. The vote was 4-0. The Mandan ordinance prohibits providing or selling the products to minors, and minors cannot have or use them. E-cigarettes include any electronic […]
Illinois Could Soon Become The Next State To Ban Smoking In Cars With Children Inside
The Huffington Post | by Joseph Erbentraut Another state could soon ban smokers from lighting up while in a car carrying passengers under the age of 18. Illinois State Sen. Ira Silverstein, a Chicago Democrat, has proposed legislation (SB 2659) that would hit those who smoke with anyone under the age of 18 in the car with up […]
Kids who use snus before age 16 more likely to become smokers
BY SHEREEN JEGTVIG (Reuters Health) – Norwegians who started using snus before age 16 were more likely to become cigarette smokers than those who started using snus later in life, according to a new study. Snus is moist smokeless tobacco developed in Sweden. It’s contained in a small pouch, and unlike regular chewing tobacco, it doesn’t make […]