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Smokers shouldn't get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
Indoor air study is background for smoking-ban discussion in Elliott; statewide ban sponsor is optimistic about a vote
Northern Kentucky health board supports statewide smoking ban
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban...
State health-insurance exchange plans to make smokers pay 40 percent more for coverage; varied interests, observers object
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have touted its goal to provide health i...
10 years ago, Lexington's smoking ban started creating a healthier city and a movement among others in Kentucky
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 ...
U.S. adult smoking rate dips to 18 percent; when state rates come out, will Kentucky still have the country's highest?
Working with a local, regional or state health coalition? A simple step can help make healthy changes in Kentucky
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is asking you to help update last year's Kentucky Health Coalitions Directory, a list of local gro...
Leaders in Mayfield, a town with a rich tobacco heritage, approve smoking ban
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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U of L dean says $50 billion in annual health costs could be saved if Americans just walked more
Small changes in health behavior can have a huge impact on the public's overall health and well-being, and during National Public Health...
Smoking ban gets 'a good scrubbing' before Judiciary Committee
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...
Lack of statewide smoking ban represents one part of Kentucky's struggle to deal with tobacco use and the health issues it creates
Bill for statewide smoking ban appears to have been extinguished
The bill to enact a statewide smoking ban in Kentucky appears to be dead for this session of the General Assembly. The House sent House Bill...
Beshear endorses statewide smoking ban as bill moves to the House floor; Williamsburg adopts its own ban
Gov. Steve Beshear endorsed a statewide smoking ban yesterday at a Frankfort rally to push the bill that would enact the ban. "Beshear,...
Statewide smoking ban close to House vote, Stumbo says
For the second straight year, the state House Health and Welfare Committee has approved a bill that would ban smoking in enclosed public pla...
Beshear calls for action to improve state's health, but says only that 'It's time for us to begin looking seriously' at a smoking ban
UK quickens drumbeat of tobacco-free policy through report line
The University of Kentucky promotes compliance and enforcement of its tobacco-free policy through a community report line, among many other...
Williamsburg in line to pass smoking ban next month
An ordinance imposing a smoking ban in Williamsburg is ready for a City Council vote. The council listened Monday to the first reading of th...
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Rep. Westrom, bolstered by increasing public support, thinks third time may be the charm to pass a statewide smoking ban law
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Coalition of health groups launches two-week ad campaign to drum up support for a statewide smoking ban
A geographically targeted newspaper and online advertising campaign calling for "a comprehensive, statewide smoke-free law" is hit...
3 in 5 Kentucky adults favor a statewide smoking ban, according to an independent poll that may have oversampled smokers
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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...
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I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
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I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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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...
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Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
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Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
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Part 1 is here . This is the second a series of posts I plan on the issue of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" regarding... -
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
