Tag: tobacco prevention
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Graphic warning labels help smokers remember tobacco health risks, study finds
Study participants looked at these two images whileresearchers assessed how effectively they were viewed.Graphic by Penn Medicine. Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages can help smokers remember the message and...
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Floyd County woman is Kentucky’s smoke-free advocate of year
For her work spreading the word about second-hand smoke and founding the coalition that ultimately helped Prestonsburg pass a smoke-free ordinance in 2009, Floyd County’s Jean V. Rosenberg was named...
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Number of teens and young adults who smoke, use smokeless tobacco is on the rise
A “shocking” number of American teenagers smoke cigarettes and/or use smokeless tobacco, the first U.S. surgeon general’s report on youth tobacco since 1994 has found. (Photo by Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images)...
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41 Kentucky high schools receive grants for nutrition, exercise, tobacco prevention to be planned by students
More than 40 Kentucky high schools will receive grants to improve student nutrition, increase physical activity or prevent tobacco use. The “Students Taking Charge” program will have students assessing their school...