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- Supporters Of Smoking Bans Fear Letter From Ky. Association Of Counties Will Halt Local Efforts To Pass Such Measures
An insurer's letter has warned counties that they may face rate increases if they are sued about local ordinances, including those against smoking. According to a legal consultant to the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, the letter...
- Study Shows Tailored Advocacy For Local Smoking Bans In Rural Kentucky Gets Results
Local smoking bans are only possible if the community is ready for this change, Ellen Hahn, director of the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, writes in a report of a five-year study she conducted in rural Kentucky. Readiness for change can be developed...
- Health-board Smoking Bans That Supreme Court Struck Down Are Still Being Obeyed: 'everybody Loves It,' Advocate Says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three counties in Kentucky with unenforceable smoking bans continue to be smoke-free by the people?s choice. Clark, Madison and Woodford counties have smoking bans that can?t be enforced because they are regulations...
- State Health Commissioner Encourages Smoke-free Ordinances
Kentucky's public health commissioner said communities are moving in the right direction by enacting smoke-free ordinances and hopes Kentucky can become a smoke-free state. "We have communities in Letcher County, as well as areas in far Eastern Kentucky,...
- Communities, Crusaders For Smoking Bans Honored At Ceremony
The Bullitt County Health Department, the City of Bowling Green and the 2010 edition of the Campbell County Fiscal Court won 2011 Smoke-free Indoor Air Excellence awards from the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy at a ceremony in Lexington...
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Videos aim to educate policymakers about smoke-free laws
With a statewide smoking ban proposed in the legislature, which reconvenes next week, and local ordinances still being proposed and passed, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy has produced eight video vignettes to help educate policy makers and leaders about communities that have gone smoke-free.
"Seeing and hearing first-hand experiences working with smoke-free laws will help educate other communities who are working towards clean indoor air for the workers and patrons in their communities," said Ellen Hahn, director of the center at the University of Kentucky. "Everyone deserves to breathe clean air."
The video vignettes feature officials from Floyd County, Clark County, Glasgow, Bardstown (right) and Radcliff. The vignettes were produced by UK College of Nursing faculty, students and staff. To view the videos, click here.
- Supporters Of Smoking Bans Fear Letter From Ky. Association Of Counties Will Halt Local Efforts To Pass Such Measures
An insurer's letter has warned counties that they may face rate increases if they are sued about local ordinances, including those against smoking. According to a legal consultant to the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, the letter...
- Study Shows Tailored Advocacy For Local Smoking Bans In Rural Kentucky Gets Results
Local smoking bans are only possible if the community is ready for this change, Ellen Hahn, director of the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy, writes in a report of a five-year study she conducted in rural Kentucky. Readiness for change can be developed...
- Health-board Smoking Bans That Supreme Court Struck Down Are Still Being Obeyed: 'everybody Loves It,' Advocate Says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three counties in Kentucky with unenforceable smoking bans continue to be smoke-free by the people?s choice. Clark, Madison and Woodford counties have smoking bans that can?t be enforced because they are regulations...
- State Health Commissioner Encourages Smoke-free Ordinances
Kentucky's public health commissioner said communities are moving in the right direction by enacting smoke-free ordinances and hopes Kentucky can become a smoke-free state. "We have communities in Letcher County, as well as areas in far Eastern Kentucky,...
- Communities, Crusaders For Smoking Bans Honored At Ceremony
The Bullitt County Health Department, the City of Bowling Green and the 2010 edition of the Campbell County Fiscal Court won 2011 Smoke-free Indoor Air Excellence awards from the Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy at a ceremony in Lexington...