Tag: smoking ban
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Legislature passed few health-related bills; took small steps on child obesity, diabetes, elder abuse
There were proposals to combat childhood obesity, fight methamphetamine production, impose a statewide smoking ban and protect nursing home residents, but Kentucky lawmakers were reluctant to make changes through health-related...
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Smoking ban up for discussion, not a vote, in Jessamine County Tuesday; bars would be exempt, unlike in Fayette
UPDATE, Feb. 27: “Each branch of government will have the option of adopting or rejecting the ordinance as it stands. Each body will essentially adopt the same ordinance but has...
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Campbell County expected to repeal smoking ban
UPDATE, Feb. 17: The county Fiscal Court voted 3-1 to repeal the ban, Mike Rutledge of The Kentucky Enquirer reports. A smoking ban in Campbell County may be repealed before...
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Survey shows 75 percent of Bullitt County residents favor smoking ban; measure to be considered tomorrow
A survey found 75 percent of 400 Bullitt County residents would support a smoking ban in businesses. The numbers were released a day before the Bullitt County Board of Health...
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Governor undecided on meds-for-meth bill, says time hasn’t come for state smoking ban, but may back nursing-home legislation
By Al CrossInstitute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Gov. Steve Beshear says he hasn’t made up his mind about the bill that would require prescriptions for decongestants used to...
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Health-related proposals target obesity, smoking; none are expected to pass this session
Though several health-related bills have been introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly, including ones that target smoking and obesity, legislators do not expect sweeping overhauls this year. “I don’t look...
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Videos aim to educate policymakers about smoke-free laws
With a statewide smoking ban proposed in the legislature, which reconvenes next week, and local ordinances still being proposed and passed, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy has produced eight video...
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Williams says he supports a statewide smoking ban
State Senate President David Williams expressed firm support for the proposed statewide smoking ban at the Kentucky Press Association‘s forum for gubernatorial candidates in Louisville Friday. “Secondhand smoke is full of...
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Bowling Green commission votes 3-2 for smoking ban
After more than three years of discussion, the Bowling Green City Commission passed the first reading of a smoking ban Tuesday in a 3-2 vote. The ban would ban smoking...