Tag: smoking ban
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Rural health advocate pleads with legislature to ‘end the tobacco epidemic in rural Kentucky’
Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, looks at a Smoke Free Kentucky display in the state Capitol. The group added black wreaths after the smoking-ban bill died. (Courier-Journal photo by Jonathan Palmer) The...
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Sponsor of statewide smoking ban says House leaders are blocking a vote to protect some members from political fallout
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The bill for a statewide smoking ban has stalled, with the prime sponsor saying House leaders are blocking a vote to protect members who...
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Beshear lays out plan for improving Kentucky’s health, with specific goals and largely administrative strategies
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Steve Beshear set seven specific, numerical goals Thursday for improving Kentucky’s “dismal” health status, which he said is hurting the state’s education, productivity,...
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Advocates, including governor, rally for statewide smoking ban
The annual Smoke-Free Kentucky rally was held Wednesday in the rotunda of the Capitol to promote passage of a statewide smoking ban. Gov. Steve Beshear and Dave Adkisson, president and...
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Chief sponsor of statewide smoking ban says it has the votes to pass the House; prospects in the Senate are not as good
A bill to ban smoking in most workplaces and public places, including restaurants and bars, is on its way to the House floor, its main sponsor said after fast approval...
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Poll shows about 63% of Jessamine County residents support a statewide smoking ban
A recent poll facilitated by Asbury University‘s Psychology Department for the Jessamine County Health Department showed that about 63 percent of the county’s residents endorse a statewide law banning smoking...
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Statewide smoking ban is ‘very important’ to improving Kentucky’s health, state public-health commissioner says
A statewide law to protect people from secondhand smoke is “very important” for improving the overall health of Kentucky, the state’s public-health commissioner said on the latest edition of KET‘s...
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Columnist responds to poll on smoking ban; he, another foe and two advocates will debate it on KET’s ‘Kentucky Tonight’
Jim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute, which bills itself as “Kentucky’s free-market think tank,” sees “reasonable doubt” in the recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll that found two out of...
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Bullitt fiscal court’s ban on smoking in public buildings negates broader health-board ban; case worries local health directors
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal) Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county...