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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...
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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 ...
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#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches

Unknown 11:15 AM child obesity, childhood obesity, children, nutrition, school lunch, youth
School kids around the country are tweeting pictures of their unappetizing school lunches and blaming the most prominent advocate for health...
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As Ky.'s teen-birth rank rises, mother objects to Casey Co. child-development class's baby shower for five pregnant students

As Ky.'s teen-birth rank rises, mother objects to Casey Co. child-development class's baby shower for five pregnant students
Unknown 10:12 AM education, pregnancy, schools, student health, teenagers, teens, youth
Kentucky's ranking for births to females aged 15 to 19 is going up, and five students at Casey County High School are pregnant. A joint ...
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