Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Kentucky drops two spots in America's Health Rankings, based on data since 2012 or earlier
Study: Secondhand smoke and road pollution contribute to obesity in children more in combination than separately
Kentucky Hospital Association backs state smoking ban
The Kentucky Hospital Association on Thursday reiterated its support of smoke-free workplaces and public places throughout the state in hop...
As Ky., other states debate smoking bans, Ariz. county considers ban on hiring smokers, penalizing employees who smoke
Smoking bans for public places are still the subject of debate in Kentucky and many other places, but the Arizona county that contains Tucso...
Study finds electronic cigarettes help people stop smoking
Casey joins Adair and Russell as longtime tobacco counties where schools are going tobacco-free; Clinton defers action
Smoking ban upsets some state workers; entrepreneur starts a van to take some off Human Resources campus to smoke
Ky. Rural Health Association backs statewide smoking ban
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is asking Kentuckians to contact their legislators and advocate passage of a statewide smoking ban in...
Broad ban on use of tobacco on state property takes effect, except in Capitol and Annex, where law supersedes policy
"Despite a smoking ban and a tobacco-free campus policy starting Thursday for any of the more than 3,000 state buildings, legislative e...
Kentucky gets a $7 million grant to improve survival rates for lung cancer, in which it leads the nation
The University of Kentucky , the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LE...
A close call with his heart helped a 36-year-old man change his life; UK opening cardiovascular unit to help those like him
State's commissioners of education and health urge Kentucky's school boards to make their campuses smoke-free
The commissioners of Kentucky’s education and health departments have jointly signed and sent letters to all 173 school superintendents in t...
Lexington is considering whether to add electronic cigarettes to its anti-smoking ordinance
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will discuss whether to expand its smoking ban to include electronic cigarettes, possibly as earl...
McConnell seeks 'timely and fair review' of plan for Medicare coverage of CT scans for those at high risk for lung cancer
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell asked Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to "give a timely and fair r...
Carroll County schools will make campuses tobacco-free in 2015, even including outdoor sporting events
The schools in Carroll County, once one of Kentucky's tobacco strongholds, have begun preparing students, parents, teachers and football...
Kids Count report says hard times in early childhood are more likely in Ky. than rest of U.S.; bad times have long-term effects
Study shows tailored advocacy for local smoking bans in rural Kentucky gets results
Local smoking bans are only possible if the community is ready for this change, Ellen Hahn, director of the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free P...
Survey finds 1 in 7 Kentuckians over 44 say they have worsening confusion or memory loss; few say they get needed help
Worsening memory loss reported by Kentuckians in a survey could be indicative of a future Alzheimer's or dementia public health crisis, ...
Beshear bans use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes on or near buildings and property the state owns or leases
Gov. Steve Beshear issued an executive order Sept, 4 that soon ban all tobacco products and e-cigarettes from more than 26.4 million square ...
Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree
