Tag: tobacco
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Bourbon Co. teen named South’s top youth anti-tobacco advocate for his efforts in pushing for county smoking ban
Tyler Boyle (Photo from Lexington Herald-Leader) Tyler Boyle, a Bourbon County High School senior and president of Students Making A Change in the Community, was named the South Region Youth...
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Deep in the brain may lie the secret of why some smokers quit easily and some find it nearly impossible
When a person tries to quit smoking, the cravings, headaches and lethargy that come from the nicotine withdrawal makes it near impossible for many to be successful. But this lack...
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Elementary-school students prompt Middlesboro smoking ban
UPDATE, May 20: The council passed the ban with one member opposing it. Gary Mills said, “I don’t think it’s the government’s right to intrude on businesses owned by individuals....
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Anthem gives $140,000 for 3-county program to cut smoking by pregnant women, still at 21.9% in Ky., among highest in U.S.
Health departments in Christian, Hopkins and Madison counties will start a program called Giving Infants and Families Tobacco Free Starts, with a $140,000 grant to the state health department from...
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Smokers using electronic cigarettes are less likely to quit smoking than those who don’t use the devices, California study finds
The sudden increase in use of electronic cigarettes has prompted questions about whether they actually help people quit smoking. A study published online in the American Journal of Public Health found...
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Burgin, in heart of Kentucky, is state’s 40th school district to go tobacco-free; ban, won by students, applies to vapor products
Burgin Independent Schools, in the heart of Kentucky, will be the latest 100 percent tobacco-free schools in the state, and the first in Mercer County, which has a strong tobacco...
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Most Kentuckians don’t think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers’ rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insurance company provides a free smoking cessation program,...
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Polling shows Kentucky ranks third in share of residents, 24.5 percent, who say they take mood-altering drugs every day
Kentucky is the place to be for mood-altering drugs. The state ranked third in a Gallup Organization study that asked 450 adults in each state how often they use drugs and...
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Warren County school board bans tobacco use on campuses and by students and employees during extracurricular school activities
The Warren County Board of Education voted 4-1 on March 16 to ban the use of tobacco “by students, employees or those on school grounds or during extracurricular school activities”...
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Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings
Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when he started the “Kyhealthnow” initiative in February 2014,...