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- Kenton County Schools Ban Use Of Tobacco
The Kenton County Board of Education voted unanimously March 2 to approve a smoke-free policy immediately prohibiting the use of tobacco on school property, in board-owned vehicles and on school-related trips. ?We have a responsibility to model healthy...
- Newport School Board's Smoking Ban, Which Includes E-cigarettes, Would Be 38th Among 173 Kentucky School Districts
The Newport Independent Board of Education passed the first reading of a proposed smoking ban Wednesday, Jan. 28 after adding electronic cigarettes to the ban. The ban would prohibit smoking on any school campus, including parking lots, cars and...
- Smoking Among Kentucky Youth Dropped By One-fourth From 2011 To 2013, Biennial Cdc Survey Determines
Photo from TobaccoPreventionK12By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky high-school students are smoking cigarettes. The state dropped to sixth place from first in high-school smoking in the 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
- Russell County School Board Makes All Campuses Tobacco-free, But Delays Implementation For One Year
The Russell County Board of Education has voted to make all the county's school campuses tobacco-free a year from now, "After some lengthy discussion by the board and visitors," The Times Journal of Russell Springs reports. The vote was 4-0, with...
- Statewide Smoking Ban Is 'very Important' To Improving Kentucky's Health, State Public-health Commissioner Says
A statewide law to protect people from secondhand smoke is "very important" for improving the overall health of Kentucky, the state's public-health commissioner said on the latest edition of KET's "Connections" interview show. GibsonThough some...
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State's commissioners of education and health urge Kentucky's school boards to make their campuses smoke-free
The commissioners of Kentucky?s education and health departments have jointly signed and sent letters to all 173 school superintendents in the state asking them to pass full smoking bans "to protect the health of students," Devin Katayama reports for Louisville's WFPL.
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and Health Commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson said in the letter that "only 36 school districts, including Jefferson County, have passed comprehensive smoking bans that prohibit smoking anytime on any school property, in school vehicles and during field trips," Katayama writes.
The state has decreased its student smoking rate to 18 percent, down from 24 percent in 2011, according to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System report, but that still leaves Kentucky near the top, ranking 6th place in youth smoking. The national average is 15.7 percent.
?Are we pleased it?s decreasing, of course. Are we resting on our laurels and said great job? Absolutely not, we have more work to do," she told Katayama.
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and Health Commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson said in the letter that "only 36 school districts, including Jefferson County, have passed comprehensive smoking bans that prohibit smoking anytime on any school property, in school vehicles and during field trips," Katayama writes.
The state has decreased its student smoking rate to 18 percent, down from 24 percent in 2011, according to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System report, but that still leaves Kentucky near the top, ranking 6th place in youth smoking. The national average is 15.7 percent.
?Are we pleased it?s decreasing, of course. Are we resting on our laurels and said great job? Absolutely not, we have more work to do," she told Katayama.
- Kenton County Schools Ban Use Of Tobacco
The Kenton County Board of Education voted unanimously March 2 to approve a smoke-free policy immediately prohibiting the use of tobacco on school property, in board-owned vehicles and on school-related trips. ?We have a responsibility to model healthy...
- Newport School Board's Smoking Ban, Which Includes E-cigarettes, Would Be 38th Among 173 Kentucky School Districts
The Newport Independent Board of Education passed the first reading of a proposed smoking ban Wednesday, Jan. 28 after adding electronic cigarettes to the ban. The ban would prohibit smoking on any school campus, including parking lots, cars and...
- Smoking Among Kentucky Youth Dropped By One-fourth From 2011 To 2013, Biennial Cdc Survey Determines
Photo from TobaccoPreventionK12By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky high-school students are smoking cigarettes. The state dropped to sixth place from first in high-school smoking in the 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
- Russell County School Board Makes All Campuses Tobacco-free, But Delays Implementation For One Year
The Russell County Board of Education has voted to make all the county's school campuses tobacco-free a year from now, "After some lengthy discussion by the board and visitors," The Times Journal of Russell Springs reports. The vote was 4-0, with...
- Statewide Smoking Ban Is 'very Important' To Improving Kentucky's Health, State Public-health Commissioner Says
A statewide law to protect people from secondhand smoke is "very important" for improving the overall health of Kentucky, the state's public-health commissioner said on the latest edition of KET's "Connections" interview show. GibsonThough some...