Tag: tobacco prevention
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Health reform will let insurers charge smokers up to 50 percent higher premiums, which is likely to have a big impact in Kentucky
“Millions of smokers could be priced out of health insurance” because the health-care reform law will let health-insurance companies charge smokers as much as 50 percent more starting next year...
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UK quickens drumbeat of tobacco-free policy through report line
The University of Kentucky promotes compliance and enforcement of its tobacco-free policy through a community report line, among many other measures. Although the report line was established last spring, its mention...
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Williamsburg in line to pass smoking ban next month
An ordinance imposing a smoking ban in Williamsburg is ready for a City Council vote. The council listened Monday to the first reading of the ordinance, required before a vote, which...
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Coalition of health groups launches two-week ad campaign to drum up support for a statewide smoking ban
A geographically targeted newspaper and online advertising campaign calling for “a comprehensive, statewide smoke-free law” is hitting Kentucky media outlets this week, as the legislature convenes, and next week. The campaign...
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3 in 5 Kentucky adults favor a statewide smoking ban, according to an independent poll that may have oversampled smokers
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians now favor a statewide smoking ban by a margin of 3 to 2, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll conducted last...
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Court of Appeals panel rules 2-1 that county boards of health can pass smoking bans; appeal in Bullitt County case seems likely
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In Kentucky’s first appellate-court ruling on the issue, the state Court of Appeals today upheld the Bullitt County Board of Health‘s smoking ban, which...
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CDC: Kentucky grossly underuses tobacco settlement money when it comes to tobacco prevention and cessation programs
Kentucky is not even remotely up to snuff on state tobacco-prevention programming. According to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control, the...
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Study: Teenagers may buy fewer cigarettes if the product is not prominently displayed
For Kentucky which has the dubious distinction of having the nation’s highest rate of teen smokers, an study published this week in Pediatrics reports that teenagers may be less likely...
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Teen smoking in Kentucky declined more than it did in nation from 2002 to 2010, but state remained in top 10
Like most states, Kentucky showed a drop in reported cigarette smoking among 12- to 17-year-olds from 2002 to 2010, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
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Tobacco use higher in rural areas; several factors include tobacco companies’ targeting of rural youth, Lung Assn. says
Tobacco use is higher among rural communities than in suburban and urban areas, and smokeless tobacco use is twice as common. According to the American Lung Association, rural youth are...