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- Health-board Smoking Bans That Supreme Court Struck Down Are Still Being Obeyed: 'everybody Loves It,' Advocate Says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three counties in Kentucky with unenforceable smoking bans continue to be smoke-free by the people?s choice. Clark, Madison and Woodford counties have smoking bans that can?t be enforced because they are regulations...
- State Supreme Court Says County Boards Of Health Cannot Enact Smoking Bans By Regulation
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News County health boards in Kentucky do not have the power to ban smoking in public places, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled without dissent Thursday. The decision was a stiff blow to health officials who see smoking as the...
- In Kentucky, Enacting A Local Smoking Ban Means Respecting The Heritage Of Tobacco, County Health Directors Say
Jim Rousey, left, is retired public health director for Madison County; Scott Lockard is director for Clark County. (Kentucky Center For Smoke-Free Policy photo)By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The toughest challenge in passing a local smoking...
- Judge To Decide If Health Board's Smoking Ban Will Stand In Bullitt County, As One Did In Hopkins County
Whether the Bullitt County Board of Health had the authority to pass a countywide smoking ban is in the hands of Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, who heard from the board and representatives of the Fiscal Court objecting to the move Thursday. In...
- Bullitt County Health Board Votes To Make County Smoke-free; Fiscal Court Wants A Judge To Decide If A Board Has That Power
Bullitt County's board of health voted to enact a countywide smoking ban Tuesday evening, but the county's Fiscal Court wants a judge to decide if the board has that authority. "This is not about the smoking ban," Judge-Executive Melanie...
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Bullitt County health board will appeal judge's ruling against smoking ban, with financial help from Clark County
The Bullitt County Board of Health will appeal a local judge's ruling that it lacks the authority to impose a smoking ban, and it will get some help from the board in Clark County, one of four where bans have been enacted by health boards instead of county fiscal courts.
The $5,000 will come not from tax dollars, but from "money received from the University of Kentucky for consulting services provided by Health Department Director Scott Lockard," Rachel Parsons of The Winchester Sun reports. UK "contracted with the Clark County Health Department so Lockard could work with the university and other local public health directors on smoke-free issues."
If the Bullitt County ruling is upheld, the decision could invalidate regulations enacted by health departments in Clark, Madison, Woodford and Hopkins counties. At the Court of Appeals, ?If they uphold the lower court?s ruling, then we will have an injunction against our ruling until it goes to the Supreme Court, so we will suspend the enforcement of it until we get a final determination,? Lockard said. ?We fully anticipate that the ruling will be in favor of the boards of health, because this is just a very narrow interpretation.? (Read more)
The $5,000 will come not from tax dollars, but from "money received from the University of Kentucky for consulting services provided by Health Department Director Scott Lockard," Rachel Parsons of The Winchester Sun reports. UK "contracted with the Clark County Health Department so Lockard could work with the university and other local public health directors on smoke-free issues."
If the Bullitt County ruling is upheld, the decision could invalidate regulations enacted by health departments in Clark, Madison, Woodford and Hopkins counties. At the Court of Appeals, ?If they uphold the lower court?s ruling, then we will have an injunction against our ruling until it goes to the Supreme Court, so we will suspend the enforcement of it until we get a final determination,? Lockard said. ?We fully anticipate that the ruling will be in favor of the boards of health, because this is just a very narrow interpretation.? (Read more)
- Health-board Smoking Bans That Supreme Court Struck Down Are Still Being Obeyed: 'everybody Loves It,' Advocate Says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three counties in Kentucky with unenforceable smoking bans continue to be smoke-free by the people?s choice. Clark, Madison and Woodford counties have smoking bans that can?t be enforced because they are regulations...
- State Supreme Court Says County Boards Of Health Cannot Enact Smoking Bans By Regulation
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News County health boards in Kentucky do not have the power to ban smoking in public places, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled without dissent Thursday. The decision was a stiff blow to health officials who see smoking as the...
- In Kentucky, Enacting A Local Smoking Ban Means Respecting The Heritage Of Tobacco, County Health Directors Say
Jim Rousey, left, is retired public health director for Madison County; Scott Lockard is director for Clark County. (Kentucky Center For Smoke-Free Policy photo)By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The toughest challenge in passing a local smoking...
- Judge To Decide If Health Board's Smoking Ban Will Stand In Bullitt County, As One Did In Hopkins County
Whether the Bullitt County Board of Health had the authority to pass a countywide smoking ban is in the hands of Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress, who heard from the board and representatives of the Fiscal Court objecting to the move Thursday. In...
- Bullitt County Health Board Votes To Make County Smoke-free; Fiscal Court Wants A Judge To Decide If A Board Has That Power
Bullitt County's board of health voted to enact a countywide smoking ban Tuesday evening, but the county's Fiscal Court wants a judge to decide if the board has that authority. "This is not about the smoking ban," Judge-Executive Melanie...