Tag: tobacco
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Smoking among Kentucky youth dropped by one-fourth from 2011 to 2013, biennial CDC survey determines
Photo from TobaccoPreventionK12 By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky high-school students are smoking cigarettes. The state dropped to sixth place from first in high-school smoking in the 2013...
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‘This kind of sloppy defiance reeks of a Podunk attitude,’ Hopkinsville paper says after fair doesn’t enforce smoking ban
It’s been a while since we read an editorial as clear, blunt and well-taken as the one the Kentucky New Era ran about the flouting of Hopkinsville’s smoking ban at the...
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Russell County school board makes all campuses tobacco-free, but delays implementation for one year
The Russell County Board of Education has voted to make all the county’s school campuses tobacco-free a year from now, “After some lengthy discussion by the board and visitors,” The...
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Owensboro plans to extend smoking ban to outdoors
Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne says he has the votes to pass a smoking ban for “all public spaces, including parks and outdoor dining areas and city-owned properties,” Steve Vied reports...
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Russell Co. school board plans to make all campuses tobacco-free, renews free-lunch-for-all plan after breaking even
School districts in Kentucky often deal with health issues. The Russell County Board of Education dealt with two important ones, tobacco use and school lunch, in its meeting last week....
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State Supreme Court says county boards of health cannot enact smoking bans by regulation
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News County health boards in Kentucky do not have the power to ban smoking in public places, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled without dissent Thursday....
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Smoking increases risk of getting lung cancer by up to 20%, but add other carcinogens and it can go up as much as 300%
If you smoke, your risk of getting lung cancer is as much as 20 times greater than if you don’t. But if you smoke and are exposed to other carcinogens...
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Tobacco heritage blocks smoking bans in rural Kentucky
“A mural showing a tobacco harvest has been on display high in the second-floor rotunda of the Bourbon County Courthouse for than 100 years,” Mary Meehan writes. (Herald-Leader photo) Bourbon County’s strong...
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Study finds ADHD treatment might discourage smoking; Kentucky ranks high in both
Stimulant medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder might also reduce smoking risk, particularly if the medication is taken regularly, according to an analysis performed by Duke University. The...