Tag: tobacco
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Kentucky’s adult smoking rate falls below 25% for the first time
For the first time since state smoking rates were measured, fewer than one in four Kentucky adults are smokers, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...
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Judge to decide if health board’s smoking ban will stand in Bullitt County, as one did in Hopkins County
Whether the Bullitt County Board of Health had the authority to pass a countywide smoking ban is in the hands of Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, who heard from the...
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Non-profit encourages districts to go tobacco free inside and outside of schools
In an op-ed piece in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Susan Zepeda, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, encourages school districts to adopt comprehensive tobacco-free policies. “Many believe...
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Workshop Aug. 4-5 will help health groups with policy, programs
A two-day workshop intended to help health coalitions and organizations make progress at the policy level and implement evidence-based programs will begin Aug. 4. On the first day, speaker Monte...
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Majority of Americans now support comprehensive smoking bans
For the first time since it started asking the question in 2001, a majority of Americans polled by the Gallup Organization say they support a ban on smoking in all...
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New cigarette warning labels to be in use by fall 2012
Showing graphic photos of rotting teeth, a man with a zipper-like scar down the length of his chest and even a man with smoke coming out of his tracheotomy tube,...
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E-cig, hookah ban takes effect Monday in Madison County
Electronic cigarettes and water pipes known as hookahs will be banned in enclosed public places in Madison County beginning Monday under an amendment to the county’s existing smoking ban. The ban,...
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World No Tobacco Day to be observed Tuesday
World No Tobacco Day 2011 will be observed Tuesday, with goals of encouraging tobacco abstinence for a 24-hour period, as well as drawing attention to the dangers of tobacco use....
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Bowling Green American Legion post tests smoking ban, is fined
An American Legion post in Bowling Green has been fined $25 for violating the city’s no-smoking ordinance. The Bowling Green Code Enforcement Board decided unanimously Tuesday to uphold the citation that Post...
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CDC names top 10 public health achievements in past decade, including tobacco control; Ky. still leads nation in tobacco use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have named the top 10 public health achievements of the last decade. They include controlling infectious diseases like AIDS and tuberculosis; fighting tobacco use;...