Category: TOBACCO
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 passes state Senate 28-10, goes to House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 passed the state Senate 28-10 and...
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products in Kentucky to 21, in compliance with federal law, passes first hurdle
Kendall Tubbs, Bonnie Hackbarth and Sen. Ralph Alvarado spoke for a bill to raise Kentucky’s legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By...
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Smoke-free advocates rally at state Capitol for three measures to decrease soaring youth use of electronic cigarettes
Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rally at state Capitol —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rallied in Frankfort Jan. 14 to call...
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Health issues poll: 75% of Ky. adults support tax on e-cigarettes; highest rate of use is in younger adults; about half recognize harm
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that three out of four Kentucky adults support taxing electronic cigarettes, which is the only tobacco product...
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Summary of research shows electronic cigarettes are not 95% safer than traditional cigarettes, as one industry ‘factoid’ claims
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent health journal article summarizes a growing body of research that refutes the oft-made claim that electronic cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful...
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State officials announce first death from ‘vaping’ in Kentucky
Kentucky health officials have reported the state’s first probable death related to use of electronic cigarettes. The commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela Dearinger, said the death...
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State has texting programs to help young people stop ‘vaping;’ experts say only 5 of 100 smokers are able to quit on their own
WebMD photo —– The abrupt change in the legal age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, has likely resulted in many to people 18, 19 and 20 being cut off...
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Harvard study finds toxin in Juul pods that is known to cause long-term lung damage; highest in flavors not nixed by new FDA ban
CNN image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study at Harvard University found that electronic cigarette products made by Juul Labs had a microbial toxin that can cause long-term lung damage. The...
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FDA bans sale of most flavors in cartridge-based e-cigarettes; menthol flavor still allowed, against health advocates’ advice
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Trump administration has announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco-flavored products for cartridge-based systems, like pods...
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New legal age of 21 to buy tobacco products surprises some; anti-smoking leaders say it won’t thwart teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The minimum age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, is now 21. Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age from 18 passed Congress...