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[Kentucky] Kick Butts Day encourages smokers to quit

ASHLAND — National Kick Butts Day is next Wednesday but the Ashland-Boyd County Health Department will be visiting local schools for the next two weeks educating students on the dangers of tobacco and encouraging them to quit.
Ashland (KY) Daily Independent
added Mar 15, 2013 06:54
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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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[Kentucky] Bullitt smoking ban just part of Jett's legacy

As he leaves Bullitt County after four productive but sometimes tumultuous years as public health director, Swannie Jett has no regrets. That includes both the countywide smoking ban he championed in a costly legal battle that defied county elected offi
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal
added Mar 13, 2013 11:03
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[Kentucky] Survey finds employees pay greater share of health costs, and most large employers penalize them for using tobacco

the use of surcharges for tobacco use continues to grow. By 2014, 62 percent of surveyed companies are expected to apply tobacco-use surcharges.
Kentucky Health News (blog)
added Mar 12, 2013 13:24
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Policy chief: Tobacco settlement funds helping Kentucky farmers

Kentucky did well in directing half of the state’s share of the settlement funds from tobacco companies over the past decade to help farmers diversify their operations into non-tobacco areas, a state official said here Thursday.
Evansville (IN) Courier & Press
added Mar 8, 2013 06:47
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[Kentucky] Smoking ban gets 'a good scrubbing' before House Judiciary Committee

The bill for a statewide smoking ban is favored by three-fifths of Kentucky adults, but is dead for this session of the General Assembly. However, its supporters think they made some headway Monday as they laid groundwork for getting it through the state
Ashland (KY) Daily Independent
added Mar 6, 2013 07:51
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[UK] Exclusive: BBC selling Lonely Planet to Kentucky cigarette billionaire Brad Kelley

Lonely Planet, the storied travel guidebooks publisher owned by BBC, is about to be sold, we have learned. And the buyer is a doozy: reclusive Kentucky billionaire Brad Kelley, who spent the 1990s selling discount cigarette brands like USA Gold, Bull Durh
Skift
added Mar 5, 2013 13:06
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[Kentucky] Smoking ban fires up debate at state capitol

The debate over the statewide smoking ban continues at the Capitol. One representative went so far as to say that House Bill 190 was perhaps the most important piece of legislation to come out of this session.
WKYT-TV CBS 27 (Lexington, KY)
added Mar 5, 2013 16:13
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[Kentucky] Smoking ban bill unlikely to survive

Legislation that would institute a statewide smoking ban in restaurants and other public places has been sent to the House Judiciary Committee for further review on Tuesday, making it unlikely it can pass in this legislative session.
AP - Associated Press
added Feb 27, 2013 11:25
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[Kentucky] EDITORIAL: Local smoking ban has worked well

For the Kentucky counties and cities that have avoided passing local ordinances regarding public smoking, the state is looking to make that decision for them.
Owensboro (KY) Messenger Inquirer
added Feb 26, 2013 10:59
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