Second town in tobacco-loving Grayson County goes smoke-free; local Population Health Committee's efforts helped

Clarkson , in Grayson County ( Wikipedia map) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two of the three towns in Grayson County now have smo...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...