Teen use of electronic cigarettes has tripled in one year
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of middle- and high-school students using electronic cigarettes tripled from 2013 to 2014, surpassing the current use of all teen use of...
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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of middle- and high-school students using electronic cigarettes tripled from 2013 to 2014, surpassing the current use of all teen use of...
UPDATE, May 20: The council passed the ban with one member opposing it. Gary Mills said, “I don’t think it’s the government’s right to intrude on businesses owned by individuals....
Health departments in Christian, Hopkins and Madison counties will start a program called Giving Infants and Families Tobacco Free Starts, with a $140,000 grant to the state health department from...
The sudden increase in use of electronic cigarettes has prompted questions about whether they actually help people quit smoking. A study published online in the American Journal of Public Health found...
Burgin Independent Schools, in the heart of Kentucky, will be the latest 100 percent tobacco-free schools in the state, and the first in Mercer County, which has a strong tobacco...
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 By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insurance company provides a free smoking cessation program,...
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 or during extracurricular school activities”...
Kentucky Health News Kentucky is moving toward achieving the broad, ambitious goals for better health that Gov. Steve Beshear laid out when he started the “Kyhealthnow” initiative in February 2014,...
The number of smokers choosing to get low-dose CT scans to see if they have lung cancer is steadily increasing, especially since this screening was recently approved for payment by...