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    Rep. Pamela Anderson, D-Fargo, watches as red lights outnumber the green (yes) lights on the House tally board during Monday's floor session. Rep. Anderson sponsored two bills to restrict smoking that were both voted down. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    Bill to ban smoking with young children in car, age requirement increase fail in ND House
    BISMARCK - A Fargo representative's bills aimed at restricting aspects of smoking failed Monday in the North Dakota House of Representatives....
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 21, 2019 - 6:38pm
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    Adult tobacco use stagnant in ND, Minn., but youth e-cig use rising
    FARGO — Smoking rates are pretty much stagnant for adults in North Dakota and Minnesota, but the states are concerned and keeping a close eye...
    lifestyle/healthJanuary 21, 2019 - 6:33pm
    November 5, 2018
    FILE PHOTO. A collection of vape pens that have been confiscated from students, during a presentation at Nevin Platt Middle School in Boulder, Colo., March 22, 2018. Juul says it never sought teenage users, but the Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether the e-cigarette maker intentionally marketed its devices to youths. (Nick Cote/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Tobacco use in schools rising due to electronic vapor devices
    Recent survey data shows a sharp increase in the number of high school students across the country trying and frequently using tobacco products....
    news/educationNovember 5, 2018 - 7:00am
    September 12, 2018
    Many e-cigarettes and other tobacco-related products come in cherry and other fruity flavors that are targeted toward the younger generation. Lowell Anderson / Forum News Service
    As more Minnesota kids vape and smoke, health department issues advisory on dangers
    ST. PAUL—Tobacco use among Minnesota high school students increased for the first time in 17 years and state health officials attribute...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 12, 2018 - 10:54am
    August 16, 2018
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    Children who lived with smokers are more likely to die of lung disease as adults, study says
    Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to lung disease decades later, according to a study published Thursday, August 16, by the American...
    lifestyle/healthAugust 16, 2018 - 10:16am
    June 20, 2018
    Analysis: Today's teens are less likely to smoke, drink or have sex, but they're not eating veggies
    This month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of its 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance study, a biennial survey that seeks to quantify the scope and magnitude of teen misbehavior.
    opinion/columnsJune 20, 2018 - 2:17pm
    March 15, 2018
    Discarded cigarettes at a U.S. Tobacco manufacturing plant in Timberlake, N.C., Jan. 23, 2017. (Jeremy M. Lange/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    FDA takes 'historic' step to lower nicotine in cigarettes
    WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday took the first concrete action to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to make them much less...
    lifestyle/healthMarch 15, 2018 - 11:46am
    March 13, 2018
    North Dakota to receive $34 million in tobacco settlement
    BISMARCK—A settlement agreement involving major tobacco companies will release more than $34 million from an escrow account to North Dakota,...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 13, 2018 - 7:10pm
    March 8, 2018
    Push begins for raising tobacco age limit to 21 in Minn.
    ST. PAUL—A bipartisan group of lawmakers want to make it illegal to sell cigarettes and other tobacco products to anyone under 21 in Minnesota. The current age is 18. The proposal by a group of House members would also cover nicotine products like e-cigarettes. Why would we...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 8, 2018 - 7:03pm
    February 15, 2018
    Youth vaping spike unsettles health Minn. health officials
    DULUTH—The number of Minnesota high school youth vaping e-cigarettes has risen nearly 50 percent in three years, a statistic state health...
    lifestyle/healthFebruary 15, 2018 - 6:58pm
    January 24, 2018
    Report card offers grades on cutting tobacco use in North Dakota, Minnesota
    FARGO — North Dakota and Minnesota both have room for improvement in their efforts to curb tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke,...
    newsJanuary 24, 2018 - 4:55pm
    The age for purchasing tobacco could rise in the state of South Dakota. Matt Gade / Forum News Service
    SD lawmaker pushing to raise state's minimum age to buy tobacco
    PIERRE, S.D. — A bill to raise the minimum age of legal access to tobacco in South Dakota will soon face the Legislature. A bill sponsored...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 24, 2018 - 11:08am
    January 4, 2018
    A cell culture laboratory at I-Mab Biopharma in Shanghai, Dec. 12, 2017. A growing number of Chinese pharmaceutical companies are trying to break into the United States, seeking regulatory approval to offer their treatments for cancer and other ailments. (Yuyang Liu/The New York Times Copyright 2018)
    Cancer deaths fall to lowest rate in decades as smoking declines
    Fewer Americans are getting cancer, and more of those who do are surviving the disease, according to a new study. In 2015, the most recent year...
    lifestyle/healthJanuary 4, 2018 - 9:40am
    March 26, 2014
    Adult smoking rates relatively low in North Dakota, Minnesota
    North Dakota and Minnesota rank among the states with relatively low percentages of adult smokers, but smoking rates vary widely among counties,...
    newsMarch 26, 2014 - 6:30am
    March 14, 2014
    Secondhand smoke tied to miscarriages, stillbirths
    Pregnant women who have been exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke have a higher rate of miscarriages, stillbirths and fetal deaths, a new study suggests.
    lifestyle/healthMarch 14, 2014 - 1:21pm
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