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FARGO CASS PUBLIC HEALTH Spit-Tobacco Users Urged To Quit
Great American Spit Out Celebrated February 21 Emphasizing the fact that spit tobacco is not a safe alternative to smoking, the North Dakota Department of Healths (NDDoH) Tobacco Prevention and Contro...
Posted on 2/19/13 at 9:41 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Higher cigarette taxes on the table in Minnesota
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis Minnesota legislators are considering raising cigarette taxes and the cost of little cigars by classifying them cigarettes, which are taxed at a higher rate than ciga...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 6:17 PM
HEALTHBEAT Tobacco use: still a problem
It's safe to say that over the past few decades, billions of dollars have been spent in the United States on reducing tobacco use. It has had an impact. The number of adults who smoke has declined st...
Posted on 11/15/12 at 2:30 PM
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH DAKOTA A habit to break
By Denise Pinkney Quitting smoking is one of the hardest habits to break. Thats probably why tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in North Dakota. Each year, 877 North Dakotans die p...
Posted on 11/12/12 at 3:23 PM
FARMBLEAT Peanut producin', cotton-pickin', tobacco-tyin' North Carolina agriculture
As a farm reporter with retired farmers for parents, were always interested in seeing agriculture in other parts of the country, and this trip to North Carolina offered several opportunities to learn ...
Posted on 11/1/12 at 4:44 PM
DSU staff votes for tobacco ban 
DICKINSON — The staff senate at Dickinson State University has voted unanimously in favor of a tobacco ban on university grounds, including properties off campus.
By Associated Press , March 21, 2011
Tobacco bill insults ND voters
I am frustrated that the Legislature of the state of North Dakota has decided that the people of North Dakota aren’t smart enough to know what they are voting for.
By Matt Syvertson , February 13, 2011
‘We the people’ made a decision
Unfortunately, some members of the North Dakota Legislature don’t seem to think that “we the people” know what we want.
By Joseph DeMasi , February 13, 2011
Attempt to gut Measure 3 a shameful legislative act
The effort by elements in the North Dakota Legislature to bypass the will of the people on the use of federal tobacco funds in North Dakota is shameful.
By Ron Goodman , February 11, 2011
Many questions for Big Tobacco
Like the Trojan Horse of Greek mythology, House Bill 1353 was rolled into town on wheels of treachery loaded with legislators willing to do the tobacco industry’s bidding.
By Sharon Clancy , February 11, 2011
ND voters should be furious
I can hardly express my disappointment, frustration and anger with House Bill 1353.
By Daphne Clark , February 06, 2011
Tobacco control proponents oppose dismantling of their program to pay for UND med school expansion
BISMARCK – Proponents of North Dakota’s tobacco control program found a frosty reception Monday when they came to the Capitol to oppose the dismantling of their program to pay for another program at the University of North Dakota to increase the number of health care workers in the state.
By Tu-Uyen Tran, Forum Communications Co. , February 01, 2011
Voters were clear about tobacco
As a mom, I try to teach my kids the importance of right and wrong.
By Dawn Aberle , January 26, 2011
Four businesses fail tobacco compliance
Four of 73 businesses failed a tobacco compliance check conducted Monday by Fargo and West Fargo Police Departments and Fargo Cass Public Health.
By Forum staff reports , January 26, 2011
Another bad bill in ND Legislature
What if I were to suddenly come forward with irrefutable evidence of a virus, like they did with bird flu, and show that my virus would kill a half-million people every year?
By Jay Taylor , January 23, 2011
Better tobacco controls are greatly needed
The Forum on Jan. 3 carried an article from The Associated Press entitled “Lawmakers: Tobacco rules working fine.”
By Jay Taylor , January 08, 2011
Lawmakers: Tobacco rules working fine
Survey shows legislators support local governments imposing their own restrictions
BISMARCK – North Dakota lawmakers appear content to allow smoking to continue in bars and truck stops and have little enthusiasm for increasing the state’s tobacco taxes to deter cigarette and smokeless tobacco use, an Associated Press survey of legislators says.
By Dale Wetzel, Associated Press , January 03, 2011
Group won't push for higher ND tobacco tax, statewide smoking ban
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's anti-smoking agency says it will not push for an increase in the state's tobacco tax during the 2011 legislative session.
By Associated Press , December 20, 2010
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