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- Study Outlines Historical Barriers To Tobacco Prevention In Kentucky And Other Tobacco-growing States
A University of Kentucky College of Nursing study published in The Milbank Quarterly has shown that five major tobacco-growing states?Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee?fall behind the rest of the states in enacting laws...
- Tobacco Use Higher In Rural Areas; Several Factors Include Tobacco Companies' Targeting Of Rural Youth, Lung Assn. Says
Tobacco use is higher among rural communities than in suburban and urban areas, and smokeless tobacco use is twice as common. According to the American Lung Association, rural youth are more likely to use tobacco and to start earlier than urban youth,...
- Website Helps Journalists, Community Planners, Other Kentuckians In Search Of County-specific Health Data
A treasure trove of health data about every county in Kentucky is available to journalists and community planners looking to draw a statistical picture of their area. That was the message of a webinar hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Wednesday....
- State's Tobacco Quit Line Is Now Available To Users Aged 15-17
The state Tobacco Quit Line will now offer counseling services to Kentuckians aged 15 to 17 to help them give up cigarettes or other tobacco products. The line had been available only to people 18 and older. Public Health Commissioner William Hacker,...
- Welcome To Kentucky Health News
Welcome to Kentucky Health News, a web log about events, trends, issues and ideas about health care and health in Kentucky, published by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the...
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New website, www.SortingThroughTheSmoke.com, offers journalists local and state information on tobacco and health
Three Kentucky organizations are launching a website to serve as a one-stop shop for journalists covering tobacco and health issues in Kentucky, and for others interested in documenting the impact of Kentucky?s tobacco use on the health of the state's residents.
SortingThroughTheSmoke.com is administered by Kentucky Youth Advocates with assistance from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, both based at the University of Kentucky. The site provides state and county-level data, contact information for local and state experts, local and regional news coverage of the issues, and other resources to help tell the story behind tobacco and health in Kentucky.
The site is funded by the American Legacy Foundation, created with money from the 1998 settlement between states and cigarette manufacturers. It carries the same name as a series of 2009 workshops funded by the foundation and conducted by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for Kentucky Youth Advocates. On the hot topic of smoking bans, it includes links to information from supporters of regulation and those who favor a libertarian, free-market approach.
SortingThroughTheSmoke.com is administered by Kentucky Youth Advocates with assistance from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, both based at the University of Kentucky. The site provides state and county-level data, contact information for local and state experts, local and regional news coverage of the issues, and other resources to help tell the story behind tobacco and health in Kentucky.
The site is funded by the American Legacy Foundation, created with money from the 1998 settlement between states and cigarette manufacturers. It carries the same name as a series of 2009 workshops funded by the foundation and conducted by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for Kentucky Youth Advocates. On the hot topic of smoking bans, it includes links to information from supporters of regulation and those who favor a libertarian, free-market approach.
- Study Outlines Historical Barriers To Tobacco Prevention In Kentucky And Other Tobacco-growing States
A University of Kentucky College of Nursing study published in The Milbank Quarterly has shown that five major tobacco-growing states?Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee?fall behind the rest of the states in enacting laws...
- Tobacco Use Higher In Rural Areas; Several Factors Include Tobacco Companies' Targeting Of Rural Youth, Lung Assn. Says
Tobacco use is higher among rural communities than in suburban and urban areas, and smokeless tobacco use is twice as common. According to the American Lung Association, rural youth are more likely to use tobacco and to start earlier than urban youth,...
- Website Helps Journalists, Community Planners, Other Kentuckians In Search Of County-specific Health Data
A treasure trove of health data about every county in Kentucky is available to journalists and community planners looking to draw a statistical picture of their area. That was the message of a webinar hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Wednesday....
- State's Tobacco Quit Line Is Now Available To Users Aged 15-17
The state Tobacco Quit Line will now offer counseling services to Kentuckians aged 15 to 17 to help them give up cigarettes or other tobacco products. The line had been available only to people 18 and older. Public Health Commissioner William Hacker,...
- Welcome To Kentucky Health News
Welcome to Kentucky Health News, a web log about events, trends, issues and ideas about health care and health in Kentucky, published by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the...