Tag: smoking
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Leaders in Mayfield, a town with a rich tobacco heritage, approve smoking ban
UPDATE, July 9: The ban passed 5-4 on second reading. It will take effect in 2014 and “excludes spaces used primarily for sleeping such as hotels, hospices or nursing homes,...
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Rural cancer survivors are less healthy than urban counterparts; 25 percent of rural cancer survivors smoke
A quarter of rural cancer survivors smoke. Cancer survivors from rural areas live less healthier lives than survivors from urban areas. That’s the diagnosis of a study by the Wake...
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Medicaid expansion would have ‘a big health impact,’ and critical-access hospitals need to change, rural-health expert says
Expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health-care reform would have a major beneficial impact on the health of Kentucky, a doctor who ran the state and national rural-health agencies...
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U of L dean says $50 billion in annual health costs could be saved if Americans just walked more
Small changes in health behavior can have a huge impact on the public’s overall health and well-being, and during National Public Health Week discussions last week, Dr. Craig Blakely, the...
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Survey finds employees pay greater share of health costs, and most large employers penalize them for using tobacco
As large employers respond to changes influenced by health care reform and rising costs of care, employees are paying a greater portion of their health-care costs. That trend that is...
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Smoking ban gets ‘a good scrubbing’ before Judiciary Committee
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The bill for a statewide smoking ban is favored by three-fifths of Kentucky adults, but is dead for this session of the General Assembly....
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Lack of statewide smoking ban represents one part of Kentucky’s struggle to deal with tobacco use and the health issues it creates
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News As the bill for a statewide smoking ban lies on its deathbed in the General Assembly, new federal data show Kentucky still has the...
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Beshear endorses statewide smoking ban as bill moves to the House floor; Williamsburg adopts its own ban
Gov. Steve Beshear endorsed a statewide smoking ban yesterday at a Frankfort rally to push the bill that would enact the ban. “Beshear, who later acknowledged that he smoked in...
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Statewide smoking ban close to House vote, Stumbo says
For the second straight year, the state House Health and Welfare Committee has approved a bill that would ban smoking in enclosed public places or workplaces. It is still unlikely...
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Beshear calls for action to improve state’s health, but says only that ‘It’s time for us to begin looking seriously’ at a smoking ban
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News His priorities were education and tax reform, but Gov. Steve Beshear mentioned several health issues in his State of the Commonwealth speech tonight to...