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Fewer teens report using tobacco and abusing prescription drugs, but some attribute latter trend to increase in heroin use
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2:40 PM
By Melissa Patrick and Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky teenagers said last year that they used prescription drugs without...
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State health-insurance exchange plans to make smokers pay 40 percent more for coverage; varied interests, observers object
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1:34 PM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have touted its goal to provide health i...
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Smoking ban gets 'a good scrubbing' before Judiciary Committee
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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The bill for a statewide smoking ban is favored by three-fifths of Kentucky adults , but is dead for this s...
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UK quickens drumbeat of tobacco-free policy through report line
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2:54 PM
The University of Kentucky promotes compliance and enforcement of its tobacco-free policy through a community report line, among many other...
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Dollar General to sell tobacco in most of its stores by mid-2013, reflecting 'customer demand' and 'competition pressure'
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10:49 AM
By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General 's 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has m...
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Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples
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Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the 'new asylums,' Wall Street Journal says
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Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...