This story has been updated to reflect recent data about teens and e-cigarette use. School officials in northwestern Kentucky are trying deal with an increase in the use of electronic...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – A statewide smoking ban passed the Democrat-controlled state House Friday for the first time, but its chances appear grim in the Republican-controlled...
The Newport Independent Board of Education passed the first reading of a proposed smoking ban Wednesday, Jan. 28 after adding electronic cigarettes to the ban. The ban would prohibit smoking on...
A study has found that electronic cigarettes help people cut back on their use of tobacco, Christopher Ingraham reports for The Washington Post. The finding was part of a study published in the International...
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will discuss whether to expand its smoking ban to include electronic cigarettes, possibly as early as Oct. 7 at the General Government Committee meeting, Beth...
The schools in Carroll County, once one of Kentucky’s tobacco strongholds, have begun preparing students, parents, teachers and football fans for smoke-free school campuses starting July 1, 2015. “This ban...
From left: LaShana Harney, Tyler Boyleand Jessica Jones (Coriá Bowen photo) By Coriá Bowen Kentucky Health News A group of young people in a Bluegrass county with a strong tobacco...
A bill to limit the sale of electronic cigarettes in the same way as sales of tobacco products passed the state Senate on Thursday, March 6. Senate Bill 109, sponsored by...
E-cigarettes use battery-operated products that turn nicotine and other chemicals into vapor to be inhaled by the user. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, may actually benefit smokers who want to quit...