Mar 16 Health Bill To Remove Barriers To Smoking Cessation Benefits Awaits Governor’s Signature The bill would prevent insurers from charging co-pays, requiring prior authorization or step therapy to gain access to smoking cessation benefits. By Lisa Gillespie Mar 16 Health Bill Would Remove Barriers To Smoking Cessation Benefits Lisa Gillespie
Oct 11 Health Are Kentucky Cigarette Prices To Blame For Smoking Rates? According to a recent report, a 10 percent increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes can result in a 2.5 to 5 percent decline in overall smoking. By Lisa Gillespie Oct 11 Health Are Kentucky Cigarette Prices To Blame For Smoking Rates? Lisa Gillespie
May 5 Health FDA Acts To Regulate E-Cigarettes And Cigars For The First Time The Food and Drug Administration has issued sweeping new rules that tighten its control over e-cigarettes, banning their sale to minors. The agency is also expanding its regulation of tobacco. By NPR May 5 Health FDA Acts To Regulate E-Cigarettes And Cigars For The First Time NPR
Apr 20 Health Study: E-Cigs, Hookah Popular Among Middle and High School Students The CDC says the number of middle and high school students using e-cigarettes tripled from 2013 to 2014. Hookah use nearly doubled among the same group. By Ja'Nel Johnson Apr 20 Health Study: E-Cigs, Hookah Popular Among Kentucky Students Ja'Nel Johnson
Feb 8 Health Most Kentuckians Support Raising Age To Buy Tobacco, Poll Says Kentucky's smoking rate is at 30.2 percent, the highest in the U.S., according to the most recent Gallup-Healthways report. By Ja'Nel Johnson Feb 8 Health Most Support Raising Age To Buy Tobacco Ja'Nel Johnson
Jan 25 Health CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Targets Kentucky Louisville resident Linda Wood said she has smoked cigarettes since she was 16. Now 50, Wood said she’s seen television ads in the past showing the health issues caused by smoking. “It makes you want to cut back a lot. And I have went from three packs a week to one pack,” Wood said. Wood […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Jan 25 Health CDC Anti-Smoking Campaign Targets Kentucky Ja'Nel Johnson
Jan 4 Health Two-Thirds of Kentucky Adults Support Statewide Smoking Ban Kentuckians’ views on a statewide smoking ban have remained virtually unchanged since 2013, with the vast majority of residents supporting the measure, a new poll shows. The Kentucky Health Issues Poll released Monday that found 66 percent of Kentucky adults favor a statewide smoke-free law, and 31 percent oppose it. The poll was funded by […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Jan 4 Health Two-Thirds of Kentucky Adults Support Statewide Smoking Ban Ja'Nel Johnson
Nov 2 Health Where Candidates For Governor Stand On A Statewide Smoking Ban Kentucky leads the nation in smoking, and how the state goes about addressing that distinction will rest in part with the next governor. A handful of state legislators have pushed, in vain, in recent years to for a statewide ban on smoking in public indoor places. Critics, however, say the law would infringe on the rights […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Nov 2 Health Where Candidates For Governor Stand On A Statewide Smoking Ban Ja'Nel Johnson
Feb 22 Health What Happens In a Louisville Smoking Cessation Class It’s the second week of smoking cessation classes at Family Health Centers in the Portland neighborhood. This week, the focus is on attitude. The classes are based on the Cooper/Clayton Method. That’s a 12-week program created in Kentucky. Facilitators Priscilla Ewing and Mike Cooper ask participants in each of their classes how their first week […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Feb 22 Health What Happens In a Louisville Smoking Cessation Class Ja'Nel Johnson
Jan 21 Health Kentucky Gets Straight Fs For Tobacco Policies, Report Says Kentucky policies fail to protect residents from the ill effects of tobacco, according to an American Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control report released Wednesday. The report evaluates tobacco control policies at the federal and state level and assigns grades based on whether current laws. Four measures were considered: tobacco prevention, smoke-free air, tobacco taxes and access […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Jan 21 Health Kentucky Gets Straight Fs For Tobacco Policies, Report Says Ja'Nel Johnson
Jan 15 Health 53% of Kentuckians Think E-Cigarettes Should Be Taxed Like Traditional Cigarettes Most adult Kentuckians believe e-cigarettes should be taxed similarly to regular cigarettes, according to poll results released Thursday. The Kentucky Health Issues Poll found that 53 percent of respondents favor an excise tax on e-cigarettes. The poll was funded by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Interact for Health, formerly the Health Foundation of Greater […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Jan 15 Health 53% of Kentuckians Think E-Cigarettes Should Be Taxed Like Traditional Cigarettes Ja'Nel Johnson
Jan 6 Health Two-Thirds of Kentuckians Support a Statewide Smoking Ban Two-thirds of Kentuckians favor a statewide smoke-free law, according to a Kentucky Health Issues Poll released Monday. The poll found that 66 percent of Kentucky adults support a statewide law against smoking in indoor public places. The poll was funded by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Interact for Health, formerly the Health Foundation of […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Jan 6 Health Two-Thirds of Kentuckians Support a Statewide Smoking Ban Ja'Nel Johnson
Jan 2 Health Southern Indiana Lawmaker Introduces Aggressive Anti-Smoking Legislation A southern Indiana lawmaker and state’s attorney general on Friday introduced aggressive anti-smoking and e-cigarette legislation. State Rep. Ed Clere, R-New Albany, said the legislation would expand Indiana’s existing state-wide smoking ban, adding e-cigarettes while improving their regulations. “Essentially, we’re defining e-cigarettes as a tobacco product,” said Clere, who is chairman of the state’s House […] By Devin Katayama Jan 2 Health Southern Indiana Lawmaker Introduces Aggressive Anti-Smoking Legislation Devin Katayama
Dec 24 Health How to Stay Smoke-Free During the Holidays The holidays can bring stress—and that stress can cause ex-smokers to reach for a cigarette, one expert said. But it’s possible to resist the urge. “I tell smokers, ‘Every single morning you wake up you say out loud in the mirror, ‘I’m not smoking anymore,’ and then think about what you’re day is going to […] By Ja'Nel Johnson Dec 24 Health How to Stay Smoke-Free During the Holidays Ja'Nel Johnson
Dec 18 Politics Is 2015 the Year Kentucky’s General Assembly Passes a Statewide Smoking Ban? FRANKFORT — Could 2015 be the year a statewide smoking ban finally passes? With both House and Senate committee chairs ready to sign onto the ban, and a growing popularity among Kentuckians, the prospects are looking better than ever. For the fifth consecutive year, state Rep. Susan Westrom is sponsoring legislation that bans smoking in […] By Rae Hodge Dec 18 Politics Is 2015 the Year Kentucky’s General Assembly Passes a Statewide Smoking Ban? Rae Hodge