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    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
    August 19, 2013
    Dr. Joshua Wynne
    Health Matters: N.D. resources for tobacco cessation
    Q. I know that I need to quit smoking cigarettes, but it sure is hard! My doctor tells me that I need to quit cold turkey, but when I've done...
    lifestyle/healthAugust 19, 2013 - 5:30am
    July 15, 2013
    N.D. putting $2,500 in anti-smoking funds toward participation at gay pride festival
    BISMARCK -- A division of North Dakota's health department that aims to help smokers quit is putting $2,500 toward a gay pride festival in Fargo later this summer. Officials from North Dakota Quits and the health department say they're trying to target populations with high smoking...
    lifestyle/healthJuly 15, 2013 - 12:14am
    July 9, 2013
    Ryan Bakken
    RYAN BAKKEN: New, desirable norm with tobacco
    Usually, cultural change in North Dakota starts in the bigger cities and seeps down to less populated towns. That isn't necessarily the case...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 9, 2013 - 12:00am
    July 1, 2013
    Jessica Hoppe, Horace, N.D., letter: Emphasize tobacco prevention as well as cessation
    HORACE, N.D. -- As the mother of a 14-year-old and 10-year-old, I'd like to commend Minnesota on its July 1 tobacco-tax increase of $1.60. And I certainly hope North Dakota steps it up and follows soon. Sadly, the tobacco tax in North Dakota is one of the lowest in the country --...
    opinion/lettersJuly 1, 2013 - 10:06pm
    May 16, 2013
    People empty cigarette ashes while smoking outside an office building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Dec. 15, 2011. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff signed a law on Thursday banning smoking in all enclosed workplaces, public and private, nationwide. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
    Cigarette tax to back Vikings stadium construction
    ST. PAUL - Smokers will provide the backstop to Viking stadium construction funding, the governor and legislative leaders announced Thursday...
    sportsMay 16, 2013 - 10:22pm
    March 25, 2013
    Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton meets Monday, March 25, 2013, with Moorhead-area residents during one of his "Meetings with Mark" to get reaction to his proposed budget. It includes a new income tax rate on the top 2 percent of earners. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    Dayton hears about smoking border battle
    MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Frank Orton made sure Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton understands problems he faces in competing against North Dakota stores. "Minnesota...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 25, 2013 - 9:55pm
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