ANSR Blog

Minneapolis City Council Passes Price Discounting Ordinance

The Minneapolis City Council passed a comprehensive amendment to the city’s tobacco ordinance on April 25, 2024.

Dec. 13, 2023 Named ‘Jeanne Weigum Day’ in Saint Paul

The Saint Paul City Council named December 13, 2023 ‘Jeanne Weigum Day' to celebrate Jeanne’s decades-long dedication to Saint Paul.

Donate to ANSR this Give to the Max Day

Making a donation to ANSR on Give to the Max Day is a powerful way to stand up for the health of Minnesotans.

49 Years of the MN Prevention Program Sharing Conference

Since 1974, the Minnesota Prevention Resource Center , housed at ANSR, has hosted the annual Minnesota Prevention Program Sharing...

ANSR Creates New ‘Tools for Schools’ Toolkit

With funding from the Minnesota Department of Health, ANSR created a new ‘Tools for Schools’ toolkit to help school staff prevent...

Richfield Bans Flavors, Caps Licenses at Four

On August 8, 2023, the Richfield City Council voted 3-0 to pass an ordinance that prohibits the sale of all flavored commercial tobacco...

Tobacco Industry Impact on the Environment

By Anna Grace Hottinger Whether you are at the playground, outside of the store, on the side of a trail, or in our lakes and waterways,...

The Environmental Impacts of Vaping that the Tobacco Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

By Meghan McFarling Most people could probably assume that commercial tobacco products like cigarettes harm our environment. Cigarettes...

National Conference on Tobacco or Health – NCTOH

During the last week of June 2022, twelve ANSR staff, interns, and partners traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to share and learn at the...

ANSR Submits Public Comment on the FDA’s Proposal to Prohibit Menthol as a Characterizing Flavor

July 1, 2022 Commissioner Robert M. Califf M.D. c/o Division of Dockets Management HFA-305 Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers...