Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Beshear cites signs toward better health: kids are more active and getting more dental care; adults are getting more screenings

Unknown 4:18 PM childhood obesity, children's health, diabetes, exercise, health reform, Medicaid, obesity, physical inactivity, prevention, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco, walking

Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when ...

Kenton County Schools ban use of tobacco

Kenton County Schools ban use of tobacco

Unknown 9:04 PM schools, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention, youth

The Kenton County Board of Education voted unanimously March 2 to approve a smoke-free policy immediately prohibiting the use of tobacco on ...

Harrodsburg Herald, a weekly newspaper, does three-part series on tobacco issues in Mercer County and statewide

Harrodsburg Herald, a weekly newspaper, does three-part series on tobacco issues in Mercer County and statewide

Unknown 8:32 PM community journalism, health journalism, journalism, newspapers, rural journalism, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

In a state where more than one of every four adults smoke, tobacco is an issue in every county, but it's rare for weekly newspapers to t...

Opinion: Toward a healthier Kentucky, with a smoke-free law

Opinion: Toward a healthier Kentucky, with a smoke-free law

Unknown 12:16 PM General Assembly, legislature, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, state government, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation   It is no secret that Kentucky is among the unhealthiest states in our country. ...

Hope is high for a House floor vote and passage of a statewide smoking ban, but the Senate remains doubtful

Hope is high for a House floor vote and passage of a statewide smoking ban, but the Senate remains doubtful

Unknown 6:51 AM agriculture, legislation, lobbying, lung cancer, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, state government; General Assembly

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to ban smoking in public places and places of employment is headed to the H...

Newport school board's smoking ban, which includes e-cigarettes, would be 38th among 173 Kentucky school districts

Newport school board's smoking ban, which includes e-cigarettes, would be 38th among 173 Kentucky school districts

Unknown 5:11 PM e-cigarettes, education, electronic cigarettes, schools, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

The Newport Independent Board of Education  passed the first reading of a proposed smoking ban Wednesday, Jan. 28 after adding electronic ci...

Weekly paper in Carter County runs voluntary-response survey about statewide smoking ban, finds slim majority in favor

Weekly paper in Carter County runs voluntary-response survey about statewide smoking ban, finds slim majority in favor

Unknown 1:37 PM community journalism, General Assembly, legislation, legislature, newspapers, polls, public opinion, rural journalism, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco

Wikipedia map: Carter County The Journal-Times , the weekly newspaper in Carter County, is running an online "poll" of reader opi...

Hopkinsville newspaper says it's time for legislators to capitalize on strong public support for a statewide smoking ban

Hopkinsville newspaper says it's time for legislators to capitalize on strong public support for a statewide smoking ban

Unknown 8:32 PM General Assembly, legislation, legislature, poll, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco

Noting the results of a poll that show two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in public places, the  Kentucky New Era ...

Liberty City Council rescinds smoking ban that had passed with mayor's tie-breaking vote weeks earlier

Liberty City Council rescinds smoking ban that had passed with mayor's tie-breaking vote weeks earlier

Unknown 9:45 AM local government, smoking, smoking bans, smoking ordinances

Liberty city council members voted 5-1 to repeal a city-wide smoking ban in public buildings that was passed narrowly in November. The law w...

Kentucky Hospital Association backs state smoking ban

Kentucky Hospital Association backs state smoking ban

Unknown 2:12 PM Kentucky Hospital Association, legislation, smoking, smoking bans

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

As Ky., other states debate smoking bans, Ariz. county considers ban on hiring smokers, penalizing employees who smoke

Unknown 9:30 AM smoking, smoking bans, tobacco

Smoking bans for public places are still the subject of debate in Kentucky and many other places, but the Arizona county that contains Tucso...

Casey joins Adair and Russell as longtime tobacco counties where schools are going tobacco-free; Clinton defers action

Casey joins Adair and Russell as longtime tobacco counties where schools are going tobacco-free; Clinton defers action

Unknown 7:28 AM education, schools, smoking, smoking bans, tobacco

The schools in another longtime tobacco county in Southern Kentucky are going tobacco-free. With only one member in opposition, the Casey Co...

Smoking ban upsets some state workers; entrepreneur starts a van to take some off Human Resources campus to smoke

Smoking ban upsets some state workers; entrepreneur starts a van to take some off Human Resources campus to smoke

Unknown 6:59 PM smoking, smoking bans, state government

Cigarettes and all other tobacco products, as well as e-cigarettes, are no longer allowed on most state property, both indoors and outside, ...

Ky. Rural Health Association backs statewide smoking ban

Ky. Rural Health Association backs statewide smoking ban

Unknown 11:17 AM General Assembly, legislation, legislature, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, smoking ordinances, tobacco

The Kentucky Rural Health Association is asking Kentuckians to contact their legislators and advocate passage of a statewide smoking ban in...

Lexington is considering whether to add electronic cigarettes to its anti-smoking ordinance

Lexington is considering whether to add electronic cigarettes to its anti-smoking ordinance

Unknown 10:14 AM county health departments, electronic cigarettes, local government, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, smoking cessation

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will discuss whether to expand its smoking ban to include electronic cigarettes, possibly as earl...

Carroll County schools will make campuses tobacco-free in 2015, even including outdoor sporting events

Carroll County schools will make campuses tobacco-free in 2015, even including outdoor sporting events

Unknown 7:57 PM education, electronic cigarettes, schools, smoking, smoking bans, smoking cessation, tobacco

The schools in Carroll County, once one of Kentucky's tobacco strongholds, have begun preparing students, parents, teachers and football...

Ky. newspapers support Beshear's expanded smoking ban for state-government sites, back statewide smoking ban

Ky. newspapers support Beshear's expanded smoking ban for state-government sites, back statewide smoking ban

Unknown 6:05 AM General Assembly, legislation, legislature, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco

The Kentucky New Era in Hopkinsville stands firmly in favor of the executive order put in place last week to ban employees and visitors fro...

Study shows tailored advocacy for local smoking bans in rural Kentucky gets results

Study shows tailored advocacy for local smoking bans in rural Kentucky gets results

Unknown 6:38 PM health policy, research, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, smoking cessation, smoking ordinances, tobacco

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...

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Unknown 7:16 PM Appalachia, child obesity, childhood obesity, county health departments, exercise, health status, heart disease, heart health, hospitals, obesity, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Appalachian Kentucky has the enthusiasm, creativity, people and facilities needed to greatly improve its di...