Tag: smoking ban
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State House, which passed smoking ban last year, may wait until after March 8 special elections to act on this year’s version
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The politics of an election year could create obstacles for the recently filed bill to enact a statewide smoking ban. House Speaker Greg Stumbo...
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Seeing statewide smoking ban unlikely, Grayson County group asked Fiscal Court for a local one; only one magistrate favored it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The efforts to pass smoking bans in Kentucky continue on three fronts: in the General Assembly, for a statewide ban; with local governments, for...
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Smoking-ban bills will be filed again this year with some changes; GOP senator says chances are better in the Senate now
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Supporters of a bill to ban smoking in Kentucky workplaces expressed higher hopes and suggested different strategies as...
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2/3 of Kentucky adults still support a statewide smoking ban; little change in numbers from last year’s Kentucky Health Issues Poll
Since 2013, two-thirds of Kentucky adults have supported a comprehensive, statewide ban on smoking in workplaces, public buildings, offices, restaurants and bars, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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Julie Raque Adams, chair of Senate Health and Welfare panel, says smoking ban should be enacted to save $2 billion in 5 years
The Kentucky General Assembly should pass a statewide smoking ban because it could save $2 billion in Medicaid expenses over the next five years, Republican state Sen. Julie Raque Adams...
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Report calls for statewide smoking ban to protect Kentucky youth
A new “Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children” report says children and babies who live in communities without smoking bans are “subject to immense dangers from secondhand smoke,” and calls for the...
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School board in Henry County, including tobacco farmers, will consider a comprehensive smoking ban on its campuses
The Henry County school superintendent got a unanimous go-ahead from his board to present a draft policy to make the district 100 percent tobacco-free, but the board made no promises,...
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KET’s Clearing the Smoke’ explores smoking issues in Kentucky; guests called for smoking ban, note concerns about teens
An old tobacco barn in Magoffin County, seen by thousands daily on the Mountain Parkway, has found a new purpose – to help peoplestop smoking. Tobacco barns It once advertised...
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Western Kentucky University will gradually become tobacco free; last public university in Kentucky to do so
Western Kentucky University will slowly go tobacco-free by 2018 through a phased-in approach, becoming the last public university in the state to do so, Lisa Autry reports for WKU Public...
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New test developed by top expert at UK will lead to earlier diagnosis of COPD, in which Kentucky leads the nation
A University of Kentucky professor helped develop a new tool to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is often diagnosed late and is more prevalent in Kentucky than anywhere else...