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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City looks at e-cigarettes
By: Eric Killelea, Williston Herald The Upper Missouri District Health Unit wants the Williston City Commission to amend its codes to include restrictions on the purchase of electronic cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18 years old. On Tuesday, Chelsea Bryant, tobacco prevention specialist, requested support from the commission. North Dakota currently lacks a law […]
U.S. senators slam 'glamorization' of e-cigarettes at Golden Globes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. senators is taking the Golden Globes to task for showing celebrities puffing on electronic cigarettes at this year’s awards show, complaining such depictions glamorize smoking. “The Golden Globes celebrates entertainers who are an influence on young fans,” the four Democratic senators wrote on Tuesday. “We ask the Hollywood […]
Cigarette ads from the 20th century
Fifty years ago, on January 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued a landmark report on the negative health risks caused by smoking tobacco. To view cigarette ads from the 20th century, click on the link below: http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/10/health/gallery/historic-cigarette-ads/
Tobacco companies will say they lied, via advertising
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY The nation’s tobacco companies and the Justice Department have reached an agreement on publishing corrective statements that say the companies lied about the dangers of smoking. Tobacco companies are a step closer today to putting out “corrective statements” about their history of defrauding the American public by hiding the dangers of […]
The 50-year war on smoking
By The Times editorial board, Los Angeles Times The 1964 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking — the first official acknowledgment by the federal government that smoking kills — was an extraordinarily progressive document for its time. It swiftly led to a federal law that restricted tobacco advertising and required the now-familiar warning label on […]