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A survey found 75 percent of 400 Bullitt County residents would support a smoking ban in businesses. The numbers were released a day before the Bullitt County Board of Health...
The state Tobacco Quit Line will now offer counseling services to Kentuckians aged 15 to 17 to help them give up cigarettes or other tobacco products. The line had been...
By Al CrossInstitute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Gov. Steve Beshear says he hasn’t made up his mind about the bill that would require prescriptions for decongestants used to...
The Bowling Green City Commission gave second reading and final passage last night to a smoking ban that will apply to all indoor public places except “nursing homes, exclusive tobacco...
As a proposed statewide smoking ban continues to be debated, Kentucky and Indiana have received dismal grades from the American Lung Association‘s recently released State of Tobacco Control 2009 report. But...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Though advocates of anti-smoking laws don’t believe a statewide smoking ban will pass in the General Assembly this year, they see public support for...
State Rep. Susan Westrom of Lexington, left, announced her intent to file a bill today that calls for a statewide smoking ban, which would prohibit cigarette use in workplaces, restaurants,...