Health News
- Northern Kentucky Health Board Supports Statewide Smoking Ban
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban on smoking in all places of employment. "The 32-member board, which represents Boone, Campbell, Grant and Kenton...
- Williamsburg In Line To Pass Smoking Ban Next Month
An ordinance imposing a smoking ban in Williamsburg is ready for a City Council vote. The council listened Monday to the first reading of the ordinance, required before a vote, which could follow the second reading, planned for Feb. 11. If approved,...
- Hopkinsville Council, Absent A Proponent, Narrowly Replaces Smoking Ban Idea With Plan To Require Posted Smoking Policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that would merely require businesses to decide whether to allow smoking and...
- Communities, Crusaders For Smoking Bans Honored At Ceremony
The Bullitt County Health Department, the City of Bowling Green and the 2010 edition of the Campbell County Fiscal Court won 2011 Smoke-free Indoor Air Excellence awards from the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy at a ceremony in Lexington...
- Smoking Ban Up For Discussion, Not A Vote, In Jessamine County Tuesday; Bars Would Be Exempt, Unlike In Fayette
UPDATE, Feb. 27: "Each branch of government will have the option of adopting or rejecting the ordinance as it stands. Each body will essentially adopt the same ordinance but has freedom in the way it?s enforced within each jurisdiction," Laura Butler...
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Kenton Co. smoking ban yields 15 complaints; citations next?
There have been 15 complaints to the Northern Kentucky Health Department since Kenton County's smoking ban took effect nearly two weeks ago. Because enforcement does not take effect until next week, no one has been cited yet, Cindy Schroeder of the Kentucky Enquirer reports.
The ban went into effect after the outgoing Kenton Fiscal Court approved the ordinance in December. It bans smoking in most workplaces, including "restaurants, churches, factories, offices, bingo halls, bowling alleys and stores," Schroeder reports. It does allow exemptions for bar and private clubs. So far, 65 drinking establishments and five private clubs have applied for exemptions, 62 of which have been approved.
The biggest the challenge to the health department so far has been to inform owners what they need to do to comply with exemption requirements. "Those include having a separate enclosed smoking section with its own air system and its own entrance," Shroeder wrote. "Also, no one under 18 can be employed or admitted." (Read more)
- Northern Kentucky Health Board Supports Statewide Smoking Ban
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban on smoking in all places of employment. "The 32-member board, which represents Boone, Campbell, Grant and Kenton...
- Williamsburg In Line To Pass Smoking Ban Next Month
An ordinance imposing a smoking ban in Williamsburg is ready for a City Council vote. The council listened Monday to the first reading of the ordinance, required before a vote, which could follow the second reading, planned for Feb. 11. If approved,...
- Hopkinsville Council, Absent A Proponent, Narrowly Replaces Smoking Ban Idea With Plan To Require Posted Smoking Policies
The effort to pass a smoking ban in the largest Kentucky town without one may have hit a roadblock Thursday night. The Hopkinsville City Council forwarded a smoking ordinance that would merely require businesses to decide whether to allow smoking and...
- Communities, Crusaders For Smoking Bans Honored At Ceremony
The Bullitt County Health Department, the City of Bowling Green and the 2010 edition of the Campbell County Fiscal Court won 2011 Smoke-free Indoor Air Excellence awards from the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy at a ceremony in Lexington...
- Smoking Ban Up For Discussion, Not A Vote, In Jessamine County Tuesday; Bars Would Be Exempt, Unlike In Fayette
UPDATE, Feb. 27: "Each branch of government will have the option of adopting or rejecting the ordinance as it stands. Each body will essentially adopt the same ordinance but has freedom in the way it?s enforced within each jurisdiction," Laura Butler...