Tag: smoking
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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...
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Light up at school? Face a $150 fine in Jessamine County
If students at the two Jessamine County high schools are found with cigarettes or any kind of tobacco product while on campus, they can face a fine up to $150....
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Smokeless tobacco can help you quit cigarettes, Owensboro-area residents are told (partly with tobacco money)
“Switch and quit” is the theme of an advertising campaign being promoted by a prominent cancer center in Kentucky, in which smokers are advised to lay off the cigarettes in...
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Statewide smoking ban bill will be filed again; gubernatorial candidates say it’s not necessary at this point
For the second year, a bill that would ban smoking in all public places statewide will be filed and considered by the General Assembly. State Rep. Susan Westrom, left, who...
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Bullitt County health board will appeal judge’s ruling against smoking ban, with financial help from Clark County
The Bullitt County Board of Health will appeal a local judge’s ruling that it lacks the authority to impose a smoking ban, and it will get some help from the...
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Kentucky’s adult smoking rate falls below 25% for the first time
For the first time since state smoking rates were measured, fewer than one in four Kentucky adults are smokers, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...
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Smoke-free campuses are a growing trend; UK volunteers taking action to get compliance with ban enacted nearly two years ago
This summer, Tobacco-free Take Action! volunteers at the University of Kentucky have been circling campus, asking students to put out their cigarettes while on school property. UK is one of...
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Non-profit encourages districts to go tobacco free inside and outside of schools
In an op-ed piece in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Susan Zepeda, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, encourages school districts to adopt comprehensive tobacco-free policies. “Many believe...
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Majority of Americans now support comprehensive smoking bans
For the first time since it started asking the question in 2001, a majority of Americans polled by the Gallup Organization say they support a ban on smoking in all...