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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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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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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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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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