Tag: tobacco prevention
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Bill to make all Ky. schools tobacco-free is likely dead for this session; only 62 of the state’s 173 school districts ban tobacco
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that would ban tobacco use on school properties and at school events has all but died in the state...
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Tobacco ban for public-school properties and activities heads to the House on 25-8 Senate vote
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The state Senate passed a bill Feb. 15 to ban the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on public-school properties...
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Bill to ban tobacco products from school property and activities heads to full Senate after change to satisfy school officials
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The idea of a statewide ban on smoking in workplaces has hit roadblocks in the General Assembly, but a bill to...
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Most Kentuckians support raising the age to buy tobacco to 21; studies say this would decrease youth and adult smoking rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If increasing the minimum legal age from 18 to 21 to buy tobacco products would help decrease the smoking rate in Kentucky and the...
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Foundation for a Healthy Ky. granted $1 million in 2016, pushing 15-year total above $26 million; plans more smoke-free work
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded grants in 2016 totaling a little more than $1 million to nonprofit organizations and community health coalitions working to improve Kentucky’s health. That...
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Annual Great American Smokeout is Thursday, Nov. 17
If you’re one of the approximately 1 million Kentucky adults who smoke, and are in the majority who say they’d like to quit, the Great American Smokeout may be for...
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Health commissioner leaves political correctness at the door, talks about getting governor to back anti-smoking measures
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – State health officials didn’t shy away from saying that smoking was one of Kentucky’s top health issues at a recent meeting...
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Paducah Sun editor calls for higher cigarette tax in Kentucky
The executive editor of a West Kentucky newspaper known for its conservative editorials is taking a stand against cigarette taxes, but not in the way you might expect. In a...
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Leitchfield passes smoking ban to take effect Jan. 1
Grayson County (Wikipedia image) Leitchfield, the seat of Grayson County in west-central Kentucky, will become smoke-free on New Year’s Day. The Leitchfield City Council voted 4-1 on Sept. 19 for the...
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Just over half of Ky. students are in schools with 100% tobacco-free policies; Warren, Russell county districts share successes
The state Department of Public Health has created videos to showcase the success of two Kentucky school districts in becoming 100 percent tobacco-free schools in hopes of encouraging other school districts...