Tag: youth
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Nationwide, youth e-cigarette use drops to lowest level in a decade
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A half million fewer young people vaped this year than last, according to an analysis of the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Brian King,...
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More health bills pass as legislative session ends; one would require doctor’s OK to play student athletes after concussions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Several more health-related legislation passed in the final two days of the General Assembly’s session. House Bill 524, sponsored by Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Florence,...
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More than half of Kentuckians have a gun in the house,15% are loaded and unlocked; among those with children, 12%
More than half of Kentucky adults have a firearm in the home and 15 percent of those guns are loaded and unlocked, according to a the latest Kentucky Health Issues...
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High-school students’ research finds smokers are more likely to want to quit smoking after seeing their carbon monoxide levels
Taryn Kerley and Becca Calvert, Barren County High School seniors Cigarette smokers who saw their carbon monoxide levels rise after they smoked were more likely to want to quit smoking,...
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Legislature passes bills to name caregivers, help smokers quit; could still pass dense-breast notice and student-concussion bills
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky lawmakers have passed bills this year to make sure someone knows how to care for you when you leave a...
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Bill to make all Ky. schools tobacco-free is likely dead for this session; only 62 of the state’s 173 school districts ban tobacco
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that would ban tobacco use on school properties and at school events has all but died in the state...
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Immunizations are a hot topic in Frankfort; comment on updated regulation ends Tuesday; shots-for-college bill looks dead
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require all college freshmen in Kentucky to be immunized before starting classes is likely dead, but one that allows pharmacists to...
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Tobacco ban for public-school properties and activities heads to the House on 25-8 Senate vote
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The state Senate passed a bill Feb. 15 to ban the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on public-school properties...
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Bill to ban tobacco products from school property and activities heads to full Senate after change to satisfy school officials
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The idea of a statewide ban on smoking in workplaces has hit roadblocks in the General Assembly, but a bill to...
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Illnesses and possible flu outbreaks close schools for the week
Several counties throughout Kentucky have closed schools for the remainder of the week due to multiple illnesses “in response to what public health officials are calling a possible flu outbreak...