Clarkson , in Grayson County ( Wikipedia map) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two of the three towns in Grayson County now have smo...
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Friday, May 12, 2017
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Louisville adds electronic cigarettes, hookahs to smoking ban
Electronic cigarettes and hookahs are now included in the smoking ban of Kentucky's largest city. The Louisville Metro Council voted 15-...
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Life expectancy in 13 U.S. counties declined from 1980 to 2014; eight of them are in one contiguous area of Eastern Kentucky
Map by The Washington Post , based on data from University of Wisconsin Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation A knot of eight Eastern...
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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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 ...
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Friday, April 21, 2017
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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...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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Anti-smoking expert: Cigarettes kill 8,900 Kentuckians a year, so it's time to raise cigarette tax and pass statewide smoking ban
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death that we know of," Ellen Hahn, direc...
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Study says only way to protect children from smoke exposure is to quit or not smoke in house; nicotine residue is everywhere
Children carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands even if their parents don't smoke around them, according to a recent study ...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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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...
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