Tag: smoking
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As ads for electronic cigarettes increase, more teenagers are using the devices; Kentucky health officials notice trend
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Teenagers’ use of electronic cigarettes tripled between 2013 and 2014, surpassing the use of all tobacco products, and federal officials are blaming unrestricted advertisement...
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CDC is starting new round of ‘Tips from former smokers’ ads, mainly targeting Kentucky and other heavy-smoking states
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is starting a new round of anti-smoking advertisements, aimed primarily at Kentucky and other heavy-smoking states: West Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi and Louisiana. West...
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162,000 Ky. Medicaid members are slaves to tobacco, but only 17% of them use their smoking-cessation benefits
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Ten percent of Kentuckians on Medicaid are dependent on tobacco, but fewer than 2 percent — less than one in five...
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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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Smoking-ban bills will be filed again this year with some changes; GOP senator says chances are better in the Senate now
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Supporters of a bill to ban smoking in Kentucky workplaces expressed higher hopes and suggested different strategies as...
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2/3 of Kentucky adults still support a statewide smoking ban; little change in numbers from last year’s Kentucky Health Issues Poll
Since 2013, two-thirds of Kentucky adults have supported a comprehensive, statewide ban on smoking in workplaces, public buildings, offices, restaurants and bars, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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Kentucky ranks first in deaths from cancer, a longtime fact given big play on the Sunday front page of The Courier-Journal
Kentucky has led the nation in cancer deaths for several years, but that fact hasn’t been trumpeted on the front page of a major newspaper in quite the way The Courier-Journal did...
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Ky. inches up in national health ranking, due to more coverage, HPV vaccination; but at 44th, it still has much work to do
Graphics are from America’s Health Ranking report By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranked in the bottom 10 states for 12 of the 34 measures ranked by the 2015...
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Report calls for statewide smoking ban to protect Kentucky youth
A new “Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children” report says children and babies who live in communities without smoking bans are “subject to immense dangers from secondhand smoke,” and calls for the...
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Appalachian smoking cessation studies suggest changes in tactics, such as being blunter with pregnant smokers
Two long-term smoking cessation projects in Appalachia have prompted researchers to change to a more direct approach with pregnant smokers, telling them the risks to their babies, and to look...