Tag: lung cancer
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Women who smoke triple their risk of dying early, but quitting early enough might just wipe out that risk
A new study of more than a million women found that smokers have more than triple the risk of early death than nonsmokers, and that quitting can virtually eliminate the...
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Cigarette companies balking at Justice Dept’s request for “confessional” advertising that they say goes too far
Calling them “forced public confessions,” America’s largest tobacco companies are asking a federal judge to reject the government’s proposed corrective statements for cigarette advertising. Fred Frommer reports for the Associated...
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Hopkinsville council, absent a proponent, narrowly replaces smoking ban idea with plan to require posted smoking policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that...
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State health department starts new ad campaign against secondhand smoke, including three 15-second TV commercials
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is launching a new campaign to educate Kentuckians about the dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke and its potential effect. The campaign is funded by...
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New cigarette warning labels to be in use by fall 2012
Showing graphic photos of rotting teeth, a man with a zipper-like scar down the length of his chest and even a man with smoke coming out of his tracheotomy tube,...
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Kentuckians think cancer is biggest threat to adults, but heart disease kills more men in the state
Cancer is the leading health concern identified by Kentuckians, and is the principal cause of death among women in the state, though heart disease is the main killer of Kentucky men,...
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State health commissioner encourages smoke-free ordinances
Kentucky’s public health commissioner said communities are moving in the right direction by enacting smoke-free ordinances and hopes Kentucky can become a smoke-free state. “We have communities in Letcher County,...
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Kentucky continues to lead nation in cancer death rate
Though cancer deaths rates are falling nationwide, Kentucky continues to rank worst in the country for its number of cancer deaths, The Courier-Journal‘s Laura Ungar has determined. (C-J graphic shows...