As national smoking rate has declined, Kentucky’s has gone up
Randy Jackson, 50, of Louisville, said he’s smoked for 20 years. (Photo by Aaron Borton, special to The Courier-Journal) “Kentucky has failed to keep up with the nation’s gains in...
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Randy Jackson, 50, of Louisville, said he’s smoked for 20 years. (Photo by Aaron Borton, special to The Courier-Journal) “Kentucky has failed to keep up with the nation’s gains in...
Jim Waters of the Bluegrass Institute, which bills itself as “Kentucky’s free-market think tank,” sees “reasonable doubt” in the recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll that found two out of...
A smoker in the Bullitt County Judicial Center last month. (Photo by Dana Rieber, special to The Courier-Journal) Who should get to steer the no-smoking ship in Bullitt County? The county...
Jim Rousey, left, is retired public health director for Madison County; Scott Lockard is director for Clark County. (Kentucky Center For Smoke-Free Policy photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Sponsors of a bill to ban smoking in most public places in Kentucky said Wednesday that it will pass the House and has a...
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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The top Democratic leaders in the General Assembly favor a statewide ban on smoking in most public places, and while their Republican counterparts are...
Dr. Wayne Myers While some rural areas may not have enough doctors (or those who accept Medicaid patients) to treat new patients generated by federal health reform, the key to...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report says that 15 years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Kentucky ranks 38th in the nation in funding tobacco prevention and...
By Justin Richter University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Kentucky has had a love affair with both growing and smoking tobacco, but supporters of a statewide smoking ban...