Tag: smoking
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Smoking hookahs can cause carbon monoxide poisoning
Though they’re often viewed as just cool and unusual, hookahs, exotic-looking water pipes that can be smoked at several restaurants and bars in Lexington and Louisville, can cause carbon-monoxide poisoning....
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State health department starts new ad campaign against secondhand smoke, including three 15-second TV commercials
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is launching a new campaign to educate Kentuckians about the dangers of secondhand tobacco smoke and its potential effect. The campaign is funded by...
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Most Kentuckians now favor statewide smoking ban, poll finds
Graph shows results by smoking history, party Just over half of Kentuckians support a statewide law that would ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars, the Kentucky...
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Teens turning to flavored cigars
A study shows teens are dispensing with cigarettes and turning to flavored mini-cigars with fun flavors — strawberry, chocolate, vanilla — enticing to young palates. (National Cigar Museum picture) “Young...
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Kentucky is 43rd among the states in health rankings report
Kentucky is near the bottom of the list in a ranking that determines which states are the healthiest. It came in 43rd, up from 44th last year. Kentucky’s low ranking...
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Kentucky ranks 36th for tobacco prevention spending; many states have made cuts
Though it received $389 million in tobacco-settlement funds in fiscal year 2012, and ranks first or second in tobacco use, Kentucky spent just $2.2 million of that on prevention of...
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Corbin City Commission enacts smoking ban
The Corbin City Commission passed an ordinance this week to ban smoking in all enclosed public areas and enclosed public buildings. The ordinance will also require smokers to remain at...
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FDA finds more than 1,000 retailers selling tobacco products to minors, several in Kentucky
More than 1,200 retailers, including CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid, were issued warning letters by the Food and Drug Administration this year for illegally selling cigarettes to minors. FDA inspectors...
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Race for city commission seat puts an end to debate over city’s smoking ban, advocate and opponent agree
The Bowling Green City Commission candidate who said he wanted to rewrite the city’s smoking ban ran last in the five-way race for an unexpired term on the commission Tuesday,...
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Federal judge rules proposed warning labels on cigarettes are too biased, blocks them from appearing on packs
The graphic warning labels that were going to start appearing on cigarette packages in the fall of 2012 have gotten hung up in court, with a federal judge ruling Monday...