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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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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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...
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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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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Support for statewide smoking ban rises to 71%
Seventy-one percent of Kentucky adults favor a statewide smoking ban, up 17 percentage points since the Kentucky Health Issues Poll began as...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
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Health officials and advocates list Kentucky's top 5 health issues, including one newly identified: adverse childhood experiences
About 125 people worked on the state health assessment at the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort on Wednesday, March 22. By Melissa Patric...
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