Category: TOBACCO
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Study in West Virginia finds rural users of electronic cigarettes are older, and often sicker, than their urban counterparts
E-cigarettes are called “vapes,” for vapor, but make aerosols. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic) —– A new study out of West Virginia University says rural users of electronic cigarettes are older, and...
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Tax removed from e-cig hardware sold separately from liquid
Atlanta Journal-Constitution photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The General Assembly has passed legislation to remove the 15 percent wholesale tax on the hardware used in electronic smoking...
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Supporters of harm-reduction strategy say campaign against e-cigarettes has unintended consequences, many of them not good
Photo of e-cigarette pods by Scott Olson, Getty Images —– Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s $160 million, three-year campaign to fight youth use of electronic cigarettes by young people may have had its...
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New recommendations for CT scans to detect unknown lung cancer allow younger and lighter smokers to get checked
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More people now qualify for yearly low-dose scans to detect lung cancer, under new federal guidelines released Tuesday, March 9. This is good news...
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Bills for local control of tobacco haven’t even been assigned to committees, though advocates say they would pass on the floor
Image: Public Health Law Center —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With less than two weeks left in the 2021 legislative session, bills to let local governments regulate tobacco...
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Advocates say restoring local governments’ ability to regulate marketing and sale of tobacco products would fight youth ‘vaping’
Rep. Kim Moser —– Giving local governments the ability to regulate tobacco products would help limit young people’s use of the products, which youth say have increased during the pandemic,...
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After big cut in state tobacco-prevention and -cessation funds, Ky. drops a spot to 39th in such funding among the states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 39th among states in funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs, moving down one slot from last year’s ranking of 38th, according to a...
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Youth substance-use webinar says parents need to talk to kids early about vaping; addresses roles of music, social determinants
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The final webinar about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on vaping and substance use and offers policies and practical guidance...
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Bills filed to let cities and counties regulate marketing and sale of tobacco products and vaping materials more strictly than state
Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have filed bills to let cities and counties more strictly...
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Omnibus relief bill includes ban on mail sales of e-cigarette products; FedEx will not handle shipments after March 1
The catch-all bill to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things includes a ban on mail shipments of electronic-cigarette products, and apply federal laws on...