Tag: smoking bans
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If legislature won’t help protect Kentuckians from the health threat of tobacco, local governments should, Herald-Leader says
Since the Kentucky General Assembly “adjourned without tackling the addiction that kills the most Kentuckians, tobacco,” local communities need to take up the challenge, the Lexington Herald-Leader said in an...
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Officials hope reduction in Ky. colon cancer deaths via screening can be replicated with lung cancer, in which state is No. 1
Health officials in Kentucky, especially in the eastern part of the state, hope to increase lung-cancer screenings by following a successful colon-cancer screening initiative, Jackie Judd reports for PBS NewsHour....
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E-cigarette conference to be held in Laurel County March 24
“Project e-Prevent,” a conference to understand e-cigarettes and their effects on Kentucky’s youth, will be held at the London Community Center in Laurel County on March 24. The program will...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky CEO makes the case for a statewide law to ban smoking in most public places
Susan Zepeda The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, which doesn’t lobby for or against particular legislation or endorse it, came close in a Feb. 11 “guest editorial” from its president...
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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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Henry Co. school board votes 3-2 to ban tobacco; farmers split
Wikipedia map: Henry County The use of tobacco is banned on school property in Henry County, following a 3-2 vote by the school board Dec. 21. Some board members are...
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Simpson schools plan to add e-cigarettes to tobacco-free policy
Wikipedia map of Simpson County Simpson County schools have proposed an amendment to its existing tobacco policy to ban e-cigarettes from school grounds, along with other tobacco products; the amendment...
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U.S. smoking rate drops from 16.8% to 15.2% in one year; Ky. ranks No. 2 in most recent state data; county data are available
“The national smoking rate among adults has reached an all-time low since anti-smoking efforts began decades ago, according to a report this week from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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Elizabethtown schools go tobacco-free, including e-cigs; Hardin County follows suit but will allow smoking in private vehicles
Schools in Elizabethtown will be tobacco-free this year, and those in the surrounding Hardin County district will limit smoking to private vehicles in campuses, The News-Enterprise reports. The Elizabethtown policy...
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Clinton County schools will go tobacco-free in July 2016, do media campaign to prepare people for the change
The Clinton County Board of Education has voted to make all of the county’s school campuses tobacco free, but decided to not implement this program until the 2016 school year...