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[Kentucky] Restaurant owners react to smoking ban

ASHLAND — Local restaurant owners and managers say they aren’t crazy about a proposed statewide smoking ban, and possibly face a reduction in their bottom line if the measure is adopted.
Ashland (KY) Daily Independent
added Feb 10, 2013 21:32
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Tiny Kentucky Town Passes Ban on Gay Bias

Vicco, population 335, the January meeting of the City Commission came to order. Commissioners and guests settled into patio chairs, bought at a discount and arranged around a long conference table. Those who smoked did. ... representatives of the Fairne
New York Times
added Jan 29, 2013 11:40
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[Kentucky] Group spending $90000 in Ky. on anti-smoking ads

The Smoke-Free Kentucky Coalition, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are spending $93,000 to contrast Kentucky's top ranking in basketball, horse racing, smoking and lung cancer.
AP - Associated Press
added Jan 10, 2013 10:14
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[Kentucky] Majority in poll back statewide smoking ban

Support slightly lower in NKY; chance of passage remains slim
Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer
added Jan 8, 2013 05:37
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[Kentucky] UK's tobacco-free initiative has seen three years of success, now a role model ...

The University of Kentucky campus, located in a state that is a national leader in tobacco production, joined a growing list of higher-education institutions when it instituted a tobacco-free campus policy in November 2009. And while there have been a fe
KyForward
added Nov 22, 2012 16:01
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[Kentucky] 3 charged in massive contraband cigarette scheme

A tobacco distributor closely watched by federal agents for a decade along with two relatives were charged in Kentucky with using phony invoices to avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars' worth of cigarettes sold in several states.
WHAS-TV Channel 11 (Louisville, KY)
added Oct 6, 2012 04:48
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[Kentucky] Hopkinsville narrowly approves first reading of smoking ban; no exemptions for bars, clubs

Mayor Don Kemp called the move "progress" and noted that it puts the city in line with others in western Kentucky that have also passed bans.
AP - Associated Press
added Oct 4, 2012 15:24
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[Kentucky] McConnell decries efforts to undo 'Citizens United'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court has moved into “a better place” in the last decade when it comes to protecting the First Amendment from legislative efforts to reform campaign financing.
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
added Jun 16, 2012 18:25
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Reader Letter | Kentucky misses chance to go smoke-free

In a state that leads the nation in lung cancer deaths and smoking rates, it is tragic that the General Assembly lacks the political will to protect all Kentuckians from toxic secondhand smoke. All Kentuckians will pay the price for this missed opportuni
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal
added Mar 18, 2013 04:54
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[Kentucky] NKY Health Dept. looks at smoking ban

Department has taken a step toward considering regulations to prohibit smoking in public places. Board members voted Wednesday to request information from the Bullitt County Health Department and review them in committees for consideration and a possible
Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer
added Mar 15, 2013 06:28
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