Tag: tobacco
-
Statewide smoking ban is ‘very important’ to improving Kentucky’s health, state public-health commissioner says
A statewide law to protect people from secondhand smoke is “very important” for improving the overall health of Kentucky, the state’s public-health commissioner said on the latest edition of KET‘s...
-
As national smoking rate has declined, Kentucky’s has gone up
Randy Jackson, 50, of Louisville, said he’s smoked for 20 years. (Photo by Aaron Borton, special to The Courier-Journal) “Kentucky has failed to keep up with the nation’s gains in...
-
Columnist responds to poll on smoking ban; he, another foe and two advocates will debate it on KET’s ‘Kentucky Tonight’
Jim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute, which bills itself as “Kentucky’s free-market think tank,” sees “reasonable doubt” in the recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll that found two out of...
-
Bullitt fiscal court’s ban on smoking in public buildings negates broader health-board ban; case worries local health directors
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal) Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county...
-
In Kentucky, enacting a local smoking ban means respecting the heritage of tobacco, county health directors say
Jim Rousey, left, is retired public health director for Madison County; Scott Lockard is director for Clark County. (Kentucky Center For Smoke-Free Policy photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The...
-
Sponsors of statewide smoking ban predict it will finally pass the House, and say it has a chance in the Senate
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Sponsors of a bill to ban smoking in most public places in Kentucky said Wednesday that it will pass the House and has a...
-
Bullitt fiscal court’s planned ban on smoking in public buildings would attempt to negate broader health-board regulation
http://www.wave3.com/story/24385656/bullitt-co-fiscal-court-tables-county-building-anti-tobacco-ordinance#.UsyShHwALDA.mailto
-
Democratic leaders back statewide smoking ban; GOP counterparts are opposed or conflicted, but unsure of outcome
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The top Democratic leaders in the General Assembly favor a statewide ban on smoking in most public places, and while their Republican counterparts are...
-
Health reform should make Medicaid and Medicare more interested in preventing chronic diseases in young, expert says
Dr. Wayne Myers While some rural areas may not have enough doctors (or those who accept Medicaid patients) to treat new patients generated by federal health reform, the key to...
-
Kentucky spends less than a penny of its tobacco-settlement money on prevention programs; few states do very much
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report says that 15 years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Kentucky ranks 38th in the nation in funding tobacco prevention and...