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Tobacco Prevention

Are you ready to quit tobacco?

NDQuits

For further information please contact 701-662-7022.

Smoking kills more people than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, illegal drugs, murders, and suicides combined-and thousands more die from other tobacco-related causes-such as fires caused by smoking (more than 1,000 deaths per year nationwide) and smokeless tobacco use.

• Congratulations to Benson County for adopting a tobacco-free policy covering all buildings, grounds, and vehicles.

• Congratulations to the following schools in the Lake Region District Health Unit service area that have comprehensive tobacco-free policies:
  • Devils Lake Public Schools
  • Edmore Public School
  • Leeds Public School
  • Little Flower Elementary School
  • Maddock Public School
  • Oberon Public School
  • Rugby Public School
  • Warwick Public School
  • Wolford Public School

E-cigarette Info

E-cig fact sheet BreatheND

CDC E-cig fact sheet

Tobacco in ND

• ND high school students who use e-cigarettes: 22.3%
• ND adults who die each year due to their own smoking: 1,000
• ND kids under 18 who become new daily smokers each year: 300
• Annual healthcare costs caused by smoking: $326 million
• Yearly tax burden from smoking-caused government
  expenditures: $768 per household
• ND smoking-caused productivity losses: $232.6 million each year
• Annual tobacco industry marketing expenditures in North Dakota: $38.2 million
• Lake Region District Health is committed to working towards state objectives
• Saving Lives, Saving Money, to reduce tobacco use and its health and economic consequences.

  ND Facts:https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/facts_issues/toll_us/north_dakota

Links

BreatheND

Tobacco-Free Kids

Tobacco Free Schools

Smoke Free Multi-Unit Housing link: : www.smokefreehousingND.com