E-cig marketing finds a ready teenage audience, and preventive messaging isn't keeping up; risks of nicotine are largely forgotten

                                             Medscape photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News RICHMOND, Ky. -- Marketing messages for ...

As electronic cigarettes gain backers in Washington, D.C., a conference in Richmond May 2 will discuss their effects on youth

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Project e-Prevent," a conference designed to help people understand electronic cigarettes...

Somerset doctor convicted of Medicaid fraud; sentenced to five years for falsifying smoking-cessation counseling sessions

Dr. Ezekiel Akande (Photo from Twitter ) A Pulaski County judge sentenced a Somerset doctor on Friday, April 21, to five years in prison for...

Foundation plans to be more active against tobacco, since it is the cause of many of Kentucky's health problems

As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won't even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Heal...

Bill to make all Ky. schools tobacco-free is likely dead for this session; only 62 of the state's 173 school districts ban tobacco

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill that would ban tobacco use on school properties and at school events has al...