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- 1/4 Of Ky. Adults Say They Have Tried E-cigs; Just Over Half Of Adults (but Not The E-cig Users) Want Them Taxed And Regulated
More than four in 10 Kentucky adults under age 30 have tried electronic cigarettes, and the older and better off economically Kentuckians are, the less likely they are to have tried them. Overall, one-fourth of Kentucky adults and 60 percent of current...
- State House Panel Oks Bill To Regulate E-cigarettes In Ky.
Electronic cigarettes would be regulated as tobacco products in Kentucky under a bill that the House Licensing and Occupations Committee approved Wednesday. HouseBill 309, sponsored by Rep. Joni Jenkins, D-Shively, would include the relatively new product...
- State Senate Passes Long-sought Bill To Ease Prescribing Of Non-narcotic Drugs By Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
After years of lobby fights between doctors and advanced practice registered nurses, the state Senate has passed 36-1 a compromise version of legislation that would allow some APRNs to prescribe non-narcotic drugs without having an agreement with a physician....
- Meds-for-meth, Pain-pill Bills Each Clear A Second Chamber; Both Probably Headed To Conference Committee(s)
"State lawmakers gave new life Wednesday to two bills designed to tackle Kentucky's problems with methamphetamine labs and prescription drug abuse," John Cheves and Jack Brammer report for the Lexington Herald-Leader. "On a 60-36 vote, the House approved...
- House Panel Oks "meds For Meth" Bill; Chair Predicts Passage
The bill to limit purchases of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine cleared another legislative hurdle Monday, and the chairman of the committee that approved it predicted that it will become law despite a heavy lobbying effort by over-the-counter...
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Senate OKs bill to regulate e-cigarettes just like tobacco products
A bill to limit the sale of electronic cigarettes in the same way as sales of tobacco products passed the state Senate on Thursday, March 6. Senate Bill 109, sponsored by Sen. Paul Hornback, R-Shelbyville, would prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes and vaporized nicotine to minors. The vote was 36-2.
The bill now goes to the House. House Bill 309, which would regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products, was approved by a House committee last month but has been awaiting action on the floor for several weeks.
- 1/4 Of Ky. Adults Say They Have Tried E-cigs; Just Over Half Of Adults (but Not The E-cig Users) Want Them Taxed And Regulated
More than four in 10 Kentucky adults under age 30 have tried electronic cigarettes, and the older and better off economically Kentuckians are, the less likely they are to have tried them. Overall, one-fourth of Kentucky adults and 60 percent of current...
- State House Panel Oks Bill To Regulate E-cigarettes In Ky.
Electronic cigarettes would be regulated as tobacco products in Kentucky under a bill that the House Licensing and Occupations Committee approved Wednesday. HouseBill 309, sponsored by Rep. Joni Jenkins, D-Shively, would include the relatively new product...
- State Senate Passes Long-sought Bill To Ease Prescribing Of Non-narcotic Drugs By Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
After years of lobby fights between doctors and advanced practice registered nurses, the state Senate has passed 36-1 a compromise version of legislation that would allow some APRNs to prescribe non-narcotic drugs without having an agreement with a physician....
- Meds-for-meth, Pain-pill Bills Each Clear A Second Chamber; Both Probably Headed To Conference Committee(s)
"State lawmakers gave new life Wednesday to two bills designed to tackle Kentucky's problems with methamphetamine labs and prescription drug abuse," John Cheves and Jack Brammer report for the Lexington Herald-Leader. "On a 60-36 vote, the House approved...
- House Panel Oks "meds For Meth" Bill; Chair Predicts Passage
The bill to limit purchases of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine cleared another legislative hurdle Monday, and the chairman of the committee that approved it predicted that it will become law despite a heavy lobbying effort by over-the-counter...