Category: TOBACCO
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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...
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Study of young people’s e-cigarette use early in pandemic shows many had quit or cut back, but some under 21 were still buying
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study of young electronic-cigarette users in May found that most had cut back their use of the products since the pandemic began, but...
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Graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads postponed again
Food and Drug Administration illustration of some proposed labels —- A judge has given cigarette manufacturers until Jan. 14, 2022 to place graphic warning labels on their traditional cigarette packs,...
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Pilot study shows correlation between persistent cough and use of electronic cigarettes by University of Kentucky students
Photo by Diego Servo, iStock/Getty Images, via UK —– By Emily Domer University of Kentucky A small-scale study at the University of Kentucky shows correlations between persistent cough among college students and...