Tag: smoking ordinances
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Bullitt fiscal court’s planned ban on smoking in public buildings would attempt to negate broader health-board regulation
http://www.wave3.com/story/24385656/bullitt-co-fiscal-court-tables-county-building-anti-tobacco-ordinance#.UsyShHwALDA.mailto
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Democratic leaders back statewide smoking ban; GOP counterparts are opposed or conflicted, but unsure of outcome
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The top Democratic leaders in the General Assembly favor a statewide ban on smoking in most public places, and while their Republican counterparts are...
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By more than 2-1, Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars
By more than 2 to 1, the heaviest margin ever, Kentucky adults favor a state law to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars, according to the...
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Weekly paper in Hazard calls for statewide smoking ban
A statewide smoking ban should be a priority for the Kentucky General Assembly when it begins its session Jan. 7, The Hazard Herald said in an editorial during Christmas week....
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Advocates hope push in rural areas will help pass statewide smoking ban, at least in the state House
By Justin Richter University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Kentucky has had a love affair with both growing and smoking tobacco, but supporters of a statewide smoking ban...
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Smokers shouldn’t get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
State Rep. Jonathan Shell of Lancaster, a young Republican who grows tobacco, is against a statewide smoking ban. No surprise there, but how about this: He also says people who...
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Indoor air study is background for smoking-ban discussion in Elliott; statewide ban sponsor is optimistic about a vote
As the debate over a statewide smoking ban persists, a study shows evidence of harmful air quality levels from second-hand smoke in places where smoking is allowed in Elliot and...
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Northern Kentucky health board supports statewide smoking ban
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban on smoking in all places of employment....
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10 years ago, Lexington’s smoking ban started creating a healthier city and a movement among others in Kentucky
A decade ago, Lexington took a bold step by enacted the state’s first public smoking ban, in a city that once proudly touted its status as the “World’s largest burley...
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U.S. adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent; when state rates come out, will Kentucky still have the country’s highest?
CDC chart; confidence interval (or error margin) means that 95 percent of the time, the result for the entire U.S. populationwould be within the range indicated at the tops of the bars....