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- Kentucky 's Spending Of Tobacco Settlement On Tobacco-prevention Programs Fall Far Short Of What Cdc Recommends
Kentucky ranks 39th in the country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report from a coalition of public-health organizations. Kentucky ranks sixth in high-school smoking in the 2013 Centers...
- Rural Health Advocate Pleads With Legislature To 'end The Tobacco Epidemic In Rural Kentucky'
Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, looks at a Smoke Free Kentucky display in the state Capitol. The group added black wreaths after the smoking-ban bill died. (Courier-Journal photo by Jonathan Palmer)The day that the bill for a statewide smoking...
- Dollar General To Sell Tobacco In Most Of Its Stores By Mid-2013, Reflecting 'customer Demand' And 'competition Pressure'
By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General's 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to ?competitive pressures? which came about when Family Dollar Stores, a key competitor,...
- 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...
- 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,...
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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, perpetuating the cycle of tobacco addiction, death and disease.
In its latest health disparity report, ?Cutting Tobacco?s Rural Roots: Tobacco Use in Rural Communities,? ALA says the increased tobacco use is associated with lower education levels and lower incomes, which are both common in rural areas where there may be fewer opportunities for educational and economic advancement.
The exposure to secondhand smoke is also likely to be higher, since rural communities are less likely to have smoke-free air laws in place, and that probably makes residents less likely to ask individuals not to smoke in their homes or other indoor places they control.
The report also pointed out that the tobacco industry "spends millions of dollars targeting rural youth," and "these young people are less likely to be exposed to tobacco counter-marketing campaigns. Rural tobacco users are also less likely to have access to tobacco-cessation programs and services to get the help they need to quit. Promotion of the availability of state counseling services by phone and online resources also lags in rural communities."
To read the full report, go here.
In its latest health disparity report, ?Cutting Tobacco?s Rural Roots: Tobacco Use in Rural Communities,? ALA says the increased tobacco use is associated with lower education levels and lower incomes, which are both common in rural areas where there may be fewer opportunities for educational and economic advancement.
The exposure to secondhand smoke is also likely to be higher, since rural communities are less likely to have smoke-free air laws in place, and that probably makes residents less likely to ask individuals not to smoke in their homes or other indoor places they control.
The report also pointed out that the tobacco industry "spends millions of dollars targeting rural youth," and "these young people are less likely to be exposed to tobacco counter-marketing campaigns. Rural tobacco users are also less likely to have access to tobacco-cessation programs and services to get the help they need to quit. Promotion of the availability of state counseling services by phone and online resources also lags in rural communities."
To read the full report, go here.
- Kentucky 's Spending Of Tobacco Settlement On Tobacco-prevention Programs Fall Far Short Of What Cdc Recommends
Kentucky ranks 39th in the country in funding programs that prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report from a coalition of public-health organizations. Kentucky ranks sixth in high-school smoking in the 2013 Centers...
- Rural Health Advocate Pleads With Legislature To 'end The Tobacco Epidemic In Rural Kentucky'
Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort, looks at a Smoke Free Kentucky display in the state Capitol. The group added black wreaths after the smoking-ban bill died. (Courier-Journal photo by Jonathan Palmer)The day that the bill for a statewide smoking...
- Dollar General To Sell Tobacco In Most Of Its Stores By Mid-2013, Reflecting 'customer Demand' And 'competition Pressure'
By the middle of 2013, most of Dollar General's 10,000 U.S. stores will carry cigarettes and other tobacco products.. The company has made the decision in response to ?competitive pressures? which came about when Family Dollar Stores, a key competitor,...
- 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...
- 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,...