Most Kentuckians don't think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers' rates

Most Kentuckians don't think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers' rates

Unknown 10:51 AM Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health insurance, obesity, poll, smoking, tobacco

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insura...

Polling shows Kentucky ranks third in share of residents, 24.5 percent, who say they take mood-altering drugs every day

Polling shows Kentucky ranks third in share of residents, 24.5 percent, who say they take mood-altering drugs every day

Unknown 8:59 AM alcohol, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs, tobacco

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 ...

Warren County school board bans tobacco use on campuses and by students and employees during extracurricular school activities

Warren County school board bans tobacco use on campuses and by students and employees during extracurricular school activities

Unknown 11:57 AM schools, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention, youth

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...

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 ...

Former smokers get newly funded scan for lung cancer and encourage others to do the same, after finding cancer in time

Former smokers get newly funded scan for lung cancer and encourage others to do the same, after finding cancer in time

Unknown 12:56 PM cancer screening, federal spending, lung cancer, Medicare, smoking, tobacco

The number of smokers choosing to get low-dose CT scans to see if they have lung cancer is steadily increasing, especially since this screen...

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 ...

Casey County High School, which will be smoke-free next year, curbs smoking by locking the restrooms most used by smokers

Casey County High School, which will be smoke-free next year, curbs smoking by locking the restrooms most used by smokers

Unknown 5:52 PM education, schools, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention

For two weeks in February, Casey County High School students who wanted to smoke in one of the restrooms were unable to do so because they ...

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...

Smoking-ban bills get unfavorable committee assignment in state Senate, but supporters say they'll keep trying to get votes

Smoking-ban bills get unfavorable committee assignment in state Senate, but supporters say they'll keep trying to get votes

Unknown 4:08 PM General Assembly, legislation, legislature, smoking, smoking ban, state budget, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The state Senate's Republican leaders have assigned both the Republican and Dem...

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. ...

Statewide smoking ban passes Kentucky's Democratic House, but its chances don't look good in the Republican Senate

Statewide smoking ban passes Kentucky's Democratic House, but its chances don't look good in the Republican Senate

Unknown 7:53 PM business, electronic cigarettes, General Assembly, legislation, legislature, lung cancer, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – A statewide smoking ban passed the Democrat-controlled state House Friday for the f...

Advocates of smoking ban, including victims of secondhand smoke, rally at Capitol

Advocates of smoking ban, including victims of secondhand smoke, rally at Capitol

Unknown 3:28 AM General Assembly, legislature, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Over 500 Smoke-Free Kentucky advocates spent Wednesday, Feb. 11, asking their lawma...

Sponsor of local opt-out amendment says smoking-ban bill needs it to pass; sponsor and House leaders don't care for it

Sponsor of local opt-out amendment says smoking-ban bill needs it to pass; sponsor and House leaders don't care for it

Unknown 10:02 PM General Assembly, legislation, local government, politics, smoking, smoking ban, state government, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News UPDATE: The House didn't vote on this amendment, but Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, says it or s...

With 55 votes needed instead of the usual 51, it just got harder to pass a smoke-free workplace law in the House

With 55 votes needed instead of the usual 51, it just got harder to pass a smoke-free workplace law in the House

Unknown 7:19 PM General Assembly, legislature, lung cancer, smoking, smoking ban, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – A bill to ban smoking in public places and places of employment will require the co...

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...

Low-income smokers have a harder time quitting, which helps explain why Kentucky leads the nation in smoking

Low-income smokers have a harder time quitting, which helps explain why Kentucky leads the nation in smoking

Unknown 4:22 PM cigarette tax, polls, poverty, smoking, smoking cessation, tobacco, tobacco prevention

Lower-income smokers have a harder time quitting than health-conscious middle- and upper-class Americans, Keith Humphreys reports for The W...

1/4 of Ky. adults say they have tried e-cigs; just over half of adults (but not the e-cig users) want them taxed and regulated

1/4 of Ky. adults say they have tried e-cigs; just over half of adults (but not the e-cig users) want them taxed and regulated

Unknown 4:38 PM cigarette tax, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, poll, taxes, tobacco

More than four in 10 Kentucky adults under age 30 have tried electronic cigarettes, and the older and better off economically Kentuckians ar...

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 ...

Two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places; Stumbo says it's time for a House floor vote

Two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places; Stumbo says it's time for a House floor vote

Unknown 5:27 PM cancer, foundations, General Assembly, legislation, legislature, lung cancer, poll, smoking, smoking ban, state government, tobacco

Kentuckians have remained steady in their support for a comprehensive statewide smoking ban with two-thirds supporting it, according to the ...