Tag: tobacco
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Beshear endorses statewide smoking ban as bill moves to the House floor; Williamsburg adopts its own ban
Gov. Steve Beshear endorsed a statewide smoking ban yesterday at a Frankfort rally to push the bill that would enact the ban. “Beshear, who later acknowledged that he smoked in...
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Statewide smoking ban close to House vote, Stumbo says
For the second straight year, the state House Health and Welfare Committee has approved a bill that would ban smoking in enclosed public places or workplaces. It is still unlikely...
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Beshear calls for action to improve state’s health, but says only that ‘It’s time for us to begin looking seriously’ at a smoking ban
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News His priorities were education and tax reform, but Gov. Steve Beshear mentioned several health issues in his State of the Commonwealth speech tonight to...
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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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U.S. teens’ cigarette use drops to a new low, but use of alcohol goes up a bit and more 12th graders are smoking marijuana
Teenagers’ cigarette smoking dropped to a record low this year but alcohol use rose slightly after seven years of decline, according to a survey of 45,000 eighth-, 10th- and 12th-...
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Dollar General to sell tobacco in most of its stores by mid-2013, reflecting ‘customer demand’ and ‘competition pressure’
By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General‘s 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to “competitive pressures”...