Category: TOBACCO
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Feds will remind doctors to ask people with respiratory illness whether and how much they use electronic cigarettes
Federal health agencies are about to warn doctors that they need to ask “every patient with an apparent respiratory infection” about their history of using electronic cigarettes, Julie Steenhuysen of Reuters reports. The Centers...
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Illnesses and deaths from e-cigarettes are still on the rise, and the causes are still not known; state health officials urge quitting
University of Pikeville cross-country runner Dalton Stiltner suffered a collapsed lung from using electronic cigarettes for about a year. (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Alex Slitz) —– As health officials try to...
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91% of Kentucky’s school districts are now tobacco-free; foundation expects that the other 9% will soon follow
Districts in white are not tobacco-free. For a larger map, click on it. —– Only 15 of Kentucky’s 172 school districts, or 8.7 percent, have not passed a tobacco-free policy...
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Juul stops all ads, gets a new CEO, and says it won’t lobby on proposed ban of most electronic-cigarette flavorings
(Photo by Bill O’Leary, The Washington Post) —– The leading manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, Juul Labs, suspended advertising its products Wednesday, Sept. 25, and said “its chief executive officer is stepping down...
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New state health chief cautions against all e-cigarette use; some recent illnesses aren’t related to black-market THC, but to nicotine
Health Commissioner Dr. Angela Dearinger —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News HAZARD, Ky. — At her first public speaking engagement as state health commissioner, Dr. Angela Dearinger spoke about...
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Trump ‘stunned’ electronic cigarette industry with plan to ban almost all flavorings, The Washington Post reports
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump listened as acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless talks about a plan to ban most flavored e-cigarettes. (Associated Press photo) —– President Trump stunned the electronic-cigarette...
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Lexington man’s lawsuit says Juul Labs leads users of its devices to become addicted to nicotine; company says suit ‘without merit’
A 25-year-old Lexington man is suing the leading maker of electronic cigarettes, accusing it of deceptive advertising and marketing that leads users become addicted to nicotine. He seeks to expand...
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Ky. River District Health Department director named a Ky. health policy champion for helping pass Perry County’s smoke-free law
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named Public Health Director Scott Lockard of the Kentucky River District Health Department its latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for leading the team that helped Perry County...
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State investigating 3, probably 5, cases of e-cigarette lung illness
Products at Derb E Cigs (Courier Journal photo by Bailey Loosemore) —– The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services is investigating three cases, and two probable cases, of a lung illness linked...
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Student-driven project at Hazard High that advocated for tobacco-free policies is named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion
Several HHS TAP members advocated for the tobacco-free schools bill, which passed, at the state Capitol this spring. —– The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has awarded a student-driven project to educate...