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Great American Smokeout is Thursday, Nov. 21, featuring supportive characters to share on social media and a Twitter chat
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7:11 AM
The American Cancer Society 's annual Great American Smokeout will be held Thursday, Nov. 21. The event encourages smokers to quit smoki...
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cancer
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Centers for Disease Control
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health education
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lung cancer
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smoking
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tobacco
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Draft plan for a statewide campaign for better health gets endorsement, much talk at Friedell Committee annual meeting
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3:35 PM
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A statewide committee of volunteers is on target with its plan for a campaign to make Kentucky a healthier ...
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cancer
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diabetes
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health rankings
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health status
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obesity
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prevention
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smoking
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tobacco
Smokers shouldn't get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
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2:23 PM
State Rep. Jonathan Shell of Lancaster, a young Republican who grows tobacco, is against a statewide smoking ban. No surprise there, but how...
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Indoor air study is background for smoking-ban discussion in Elliott; statewide ban sponsor is optimistic about a vote
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8:32 AM
As the debate over a statewide smoking ban persists, a study shows evidence of harmful air quality levels from second-hand smoke in places w...
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air pollution
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cigarettes
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environmental health
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smoking
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smoking ban
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state government; General Assembly
Here are the basics of buying health insurance on the state exchange that opens Tuesday
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10:16 AM
On Tuesday, Americans can begin buying health insurance through state exchanges created by federal health reform. Journalists have spent mon...
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health
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health care
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health insurance
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health reform
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Medicaid
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Obamacare
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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smoking
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tobacco
Northern Kentucky health board supports statewide smoking ban
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10:10 AM
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban...
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tobacco prevention
Hard-hitting TV ads against smoking do motivate smokers, like one mother from Elizabethtown, to quit
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11:56 AM
Hancock with CDC Director Tom Frieden A 38-year-old Elizabethtown mother's response to a federally funded anti-smoking advertising campa...
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cancer
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Centers for Disease Control
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diseases
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esophageal cancer
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health ref
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lung cancer
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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smoking
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television
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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cigarette tax
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health insurance
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health reform
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insurance coverage
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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smoking
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smoking ban
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taxes
Teen use of e-cigarettes doubles in past year but may equal nicotine patches in helping smokers to quit or cut back
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1:08 PM
E-cigarettes use battery-operated products that turn nicotine and other chemicals into vapor to be inhaled by the user. Electronic cigarette...
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children's health
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electronic cigarettes
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public health
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smoking
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tobacco prevention
Smokers, take note: Chinese meditation technique offers hope
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9:03 AM
In 2010, Kentucky had the second highest rate of adult smokers in the U.S., with 24.8 percent of the adult population -- or 1.1 million adul...
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10 years ago, Lexington's smoking ban started creating a healthier city and a movement among others in Kentucky
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9:23 AM
A decade ago, Lexington took a bold step by enacted the state's first public smoking ban, in a city that once proudly touted its status ...
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tobacco-free
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University of Kentucky
U.S. adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent; when state rates come out, will Kentucky still have the country's highest?
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7:58 AM
CDC chart; confidence interval (or error margin) means that 95 percent of the time, the result for the entire U.S. population would be with...
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health costs
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Leaders in Mayfield, a town with a rich tobacco heritage, approve smoking ban
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2:02 PM
UPDATE, July 9: The ban passed 5-4 on second reading. It will take effect in 2014 and "excludes spaces used primarily for sleeping such...
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Rural cancer survivors are less healthy than urban counterparts; 25 percent of rural cancer survivors smoke
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10:39 AM
A quarter of rural cancer survivors smoke. Cancer survivors from rural areas live less healthier lives than survivors from urban areas. That...
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cancer
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rural health
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rural-urban disparities
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tobacco
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tobacco prevention
Medicaid expansion would have 'a big health impact,' and critical-access hospitals need to change, rural-health expert says
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3:08 PM
Expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health-care reform would have a major beneficial impact on the health of Kentucky, a doctor ...
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Affordable Care Act
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federal spending
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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rural health
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smoking
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soft drinks
U of L dean says $50 billion in annual health costs could be saved if Americans just walked more
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10:38 AM
Small changes in health behavior can have a huge impact on the public's overall health and well-being, and during National Public Health...
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dental care
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dental health
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public health
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smoking ban
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tobacco
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tobacco prevention
Survey finds employees pay greater share of health costs, and most large employers penalize them for using tobacco
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6:46 PM
As large employers respond to changes influenced by health care reform and rising costs of care, employees are paying a greater portion of t...
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Health Care Costs
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Smoking ban gets 'a good scrubbing' before Judiciary Committee
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6:45 PM
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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Lack of statewide smoking ban represents one part of Kentucky's struggle to deal with tobacco use and the health issues it creates
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9:24 AM
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News As the bill for a statewide smoking ban lies on its deathbed in the General Assembly, new federal da...
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Beshear endorses statewide smoking ban as bill moves to the House floor; Williamsburg adopts its own ban
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11:52 AM
Gov. Steve Beshear endorsed a statewide smoking ban yesterday at a Frankfort rally to push the bill that would enact the ban. "Beshear,...
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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
Dried mussels: A little plate with 160 g of protein (plus some comments on high-protein low-carbohydrate dieting)
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Trying to Make Sense of the Covered California Numbers
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Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes' high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
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Small Group Health Insurance "Cancellations"––The Next Shoe to Drop But a More Complicated One
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"If You Like Your Doctor You Will Be Able to Keep Your Doctor. Period"
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Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?
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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
Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
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...