Category: TOBACCO
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Screening is your best defense against lung cancer
Dr. Timothy Mullett University of Kentucky For many decades, Kentucky has been leading the nation in lung cancer incidence and mortality. While this is a grim statistic, there is reason...
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Create a plan to quit smoking: 8 tips to help you get started
By U of L Health University of Louisville You don’t have to wait for a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking. The third Thursday in November is recognized as The...
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Nationwide, youth e-cigarette use drops to lowest level in a decade
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A half million fewer young people vaped this year than last, according to an analysis of the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Brian King,...
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New study finds smoking and vaping dual use increases lung cancer risk; expert says it increases risk for other diseases too
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People who use electronic cigarettes and smoke traditional cigarettes are more likely to develop lung cancer than people who just smoke, according to a...
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Cigarette tax collections in Ky. jumped, then dropped, after the last two tax increases; the state’s smoking rate has also been on the decline
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increasing state cigarette taxes has proven to be an effective policy to decrease smoking rates, and it appears that is also true in Kentucky....
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Today is World No Tobacco Day; youth group coordinated by UK pharmacy student aims for tobacco-free future for Kentucky
By Rosa Mejia-Cruz University of Kentucky On this World No Tobacco Day, the importance of educating and engaging youth in tobacco use prevention cannot be overstated. The theme of this...
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Kentucky tobacco-free advocates win Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ national Group Youth Advocates of the Year award
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids named the #iCANendthetrend Youth Advisory Board Group Youth Advocates of the Year. Front, from left: Saumya Sikhwal, Jasmin Hernandez, Sarah Larkin and Philena Ash. Back: Jordan Joslin, Chloe Brady,...
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Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy honors communities, groups and individuals who help create smoke-free communities
The Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy at the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program honored communities, groups and individuals from across...
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Vaping and substance use in Kentucky schools has spiked in the last five years, especially in the younger grades; up 147% overall
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of drug, alcohol and tobacco events recorded by schools have increased in schools at all levels across Kentucky, according to data collected...
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Biden administration indefinitely postpones ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback from Black voters, others
By Matthew Perrone and Zeke Miller Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a...