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The man behind Danville's smoke-free ordinance is stepping down from his position as Boyle County's public health director. "I've got a 100-acre farm and I plan to pursue those interests and do some extensive traveling," Roger Trent told The Advocate-Messenger's Mandy Simpson. (Advocate-Messenger photo)
- Bourbon Co. Teen Named South's Top Youth Anti-tobacco Advocate For His Efforts In Pushing For County Smoking Ban
Tyler Boyle (Photo from Lexington Herald-Leader)Tyler Boyle, a Bourbon County High School senior and president of Students Making A Change in the Community, was named the South Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids for...
- Danville Is Latest Ky. Community To Ban Indoor Use Of E-cigarettes, Following New Law That Classifies Them As Tobacco Product
The Danville City Commission has approved an ordinance that bans the use of e-cigs in enclosed places, placing the same restrictions on them that already exist on traditional tobacco cigarettes, though the health risk of e-cigs has not yet been determined,...
- High School Students In Bourbon County Campaign For Indoor Smoking Ban, Also Against Teenagers' Use Of E-cigarettes
From left: LaShana Harney, Tyler Boyle and Jessica Jones (Coriá Bowen photo)By Coriá Bowen Kentucky Health News A group of young people in a Bluegrass county with a strong tobacco tradition is trying to make the county's indoors smoke-free. Students...
- 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...
- Floyd County Woman Is Kentucky's Smoke-free Advocate Of Year
For her work spreading the word about second-hand smoke and founding the coalition that ultimately helped Prestonsburg pass a smoke-free ordinance in 2009, Floyd County's Jean V. Rosenberg was named 2012 advocate of the year at the annual Smoke-Free...
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Retiring Boyle County health director has played important roles in the community; many of his counterparts do likewise
The man behind Danville's smoke-free ordinance is stepping down from his position as Boyle County's public health director. "I've got a 100-acre farm and I plan to pursue those interests and do some extensive traveling," Roger Trent told The Advocate-Messenger's Mandy Simpson. (Advocate-Messenger photo)Trent has been at the helm of the health department for 12 years. During his tenure, he "successfully lobbied the Danville City Commission to pass an ordinance banning smoking in all enclosed public places of employment," Simpson reports. He also started smoking cessation classes at the health department, collected food for families in need, and headed efforts during the 2009 ice storm. "He will certainly be missed, and I hope we can find somebody equivalent," said David C. Liebschutz, chairman of the Boyle County Board of Health.
Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and publisher of Kentucky Health News, commented on Trent's impact on his community: "County health directors rarely get noticed except when they create controversy or retire," he said. "They play, or should play, a more important role in the community than local news media might suggest." (Read more)
- Bourbon Co. Teen Named South's Top Youth Anti-tobacco Advocate For His Efforts In Pushing For County Smoking Ban
Tyler Boyle (Photo from Lexington Herald-Leader)Tyler Boyle, a Bourbon County High School senior and president of Students Making A Change in the Community, was named the South Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids for...
- Danville Is Latest Ky. Community To Ban Indoor Use Of E-cigarettes, Following New Law That Classifies Them As Tobacco Product
The Danville City Commission has approved an ordinance that bans the use of e-cigs in enclosed places, placing the same restrictions on them that already exist on traditional tobacco cigarettes, though the health risk of e-cigs has not yet been determined,...
- High School Students In Bourbon County Campaign For Indoor Smoking Ban, Also Against Teenagers' Use Of E-cigarettes
From left: LaShana Harney, Tyler Boyle and Jessica Jones (Coriá Bowen photo)By Coriá Bowen Kentucky Health News A group of young people in a Bluegrass county with a strong tobacco tradition is trying to make the county's indoors smoke-free. Students...
- 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...
- Floyd County Woman Is Kentucky's Smoke-free Advocate Of Year
For her work spreading the word about second-hand smoke and founding the coalition that ultimately helped Prestonsburg pass a smoke-free ordinance in 2009, Floyd County's Jean V. Rosenberg was named 2012 advocate of the year at the annual Smoke-Free...